Hicky’s Bengal Gazette touches 245 year milestone in quest for press freedom
The first issue came out on January 29, 1780, from his printing office at No. 67, Radha Bazar, written in English, it was ...
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Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings, Governor General of Bengal, has a memorial monument with a bust in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The designer was John Bacon junior and the bust is by ...
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Difference Between the Governor General and Viceroy
The Governor General's office was created when Warren Hastings was the first to hold the title. By virtue of the Regulating Act of 1773, the office of the Governor of Bengal was extended into the ...
Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, January 25, 1802
John Cartier, Governor of Bengal, died on this day. Cartier was first employed as a writer for the British East India Company ...