Madras Courier- The First Newspaper in Madras

Madras Courier, the city’s first newspaper was published on October 12, 1785. It was a weekly publication founded by Richard Johnston, a printer with the East India Company, and carried official information relating to the Madras Presidency in not more than four or six pages. The Madras Gazette, Government Gazette and other new publications cropped up causing the Madras Courier to wind up its operations in 1821.