Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper in India. It was published in the year 1780. It was an English newspaper (weekly) published in Kolkata. James Augustus Hicky (Irish) was the publisher of the Newspaper. It was banned in 1782.
According to Bal Gangadhar Tilak, only boycott can help to achieve Swaraj. He asked his followers to work for Swaraj until it is achieved and said: “Swarajya is my birth-right; I will have it.”