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How did print come in India? Explain with example.
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Solution
- The printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries in the mid-sixteenth century.
- Jesuit priests learnt Konkani and printed several tracts. By 1674, about 50 books had been printed in the Konkani and in Kanara languages.
- Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at Cochin, and in 1713 the first Malayalam book was printed by them.
- By 1710, Dutch Protestant missionaries had printed 32 Tamil texts, many of them translations of older works.
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