Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — Indian Newspapers. [ARTICLE]

Indian Newspapers.

The business of publishing newspapers in India is progressing very rapidly, thanks to the great interest shown by its rulers in advancing the education of the various races there. Through the means of fifteen languages five hundred and fifty-eight periodicals have been established. The first newspaper in that great country was Hicking’s Gazette, issued Jan. 29, 1781. The Bengal Harkuru is now the oldest paper of the empire, the first number having been issued Jan. 10, 1795. The publications of India are probably more thoroughly circulated and read, in proportion to the number of copies issued, than those of any other country.