Pakistan Studies

Hickey’s Bengal Gazette, also known as Calcutta General Advertiser was a weekly English newspaper published from Calcutta, India by the Irishman James Augustus Hickey.

It was the first newspaper of the sub-continent and was started in 1780. It was an inspiration for the Indians to launch newspaper of their own.

Islamic ruler Qutb-ud-din Aibak was the first to impose jizya on non-Muslims first time which was called Kharaj-o-Jizya. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler Akbar in the 16th century but was re-introduced by Aurangzeb in the 17th century.