(i) The Portuguese missionaries first introduced printing press in India in the mid 16th century.
(ii) Jesuit priests learnt Konkani and printed several tracts.
(iii) By 1674 about 50 books had been printed in the Konkani and Kannara language.
(iv) Catholic priest first published printed books in Tamil in Cochin and in 1713 first Malayalam book was printed.
(v) By 1710, Dutch Protestant missionaries had printed nearly 32 printed texts in Tamil which were later translated.
(vi) The English language press did not grow in India till quite late even though officials of the East India company began to import presses from late 17th century.
(vii) From 1780, James Augustus Hickey began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine; it was a private English enterprise and was free from colonial influence.
(viii) Hickey published a lot of advertisements including those that related to import and sale of slaves.
(ix) By the close of the 18th century, a number of newspapers and journals appeared in print.
