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    Hicky's Bengal Gazette or the Original Calcutta General Advertiser was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital...
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  • Calcutta became the capital of British India, a decision made by Governor General Warren Hastings. On 29 January 1780, Hickey's Bengal Gazette or the...
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    were launched such as the Bengal Journal, the Bombay Herald, The Calcutta Chronicle and General Advertiser and Madras Courier. The subcontinent saw numerous...
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  • from the Malabar Coast to Bombay, provided a packet service for the Bengal Presidency, and imported Madeira wine. In 1785 he was living at Calcutta (now...
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    1780s (category Vague or ambiguous geographic scope from January 2013)
    p161 The Cincinnati Directory Advertiser for the Years 1836–7 (J. H. Woodruff, 1836) p198 Sir John Carr, The Stranger in Ireland, Or, A Tour in the Southern...
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