Today In Indian History (29th January)

1780 - On 29 January 1780, India's and Asia's first printed newspaper 'Hicky's Bengal Gazette' began its publication. Started by an Irishman named James Augustus Hicky, Hicky's Bengal Gazette was a weekly English newspaper which ran for two years from 1780 to 1782. It was published from Kolkata.

1791- Lord Cornwallis had assumed command of the British troops on 29th January, 1791 during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.