INDIA - JOURNALISM NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES Amrita Bazar Patrika February 20, 1868:    Debuted on this day.  It was one of the oldest newspapers in India; it was launched in Bengali. It was started by Sisir Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh, sons of Hari Naryan Ghosh, a rich merchant from Magura, in District Jessore, in Bengal Province of British Empire in India.