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<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Where was the first paper industry established in India?

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Kolkata
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Lucknow
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Pune
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Raniganj
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The correct option is A Kolkata
<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The very first successful attempt to establish the paper industry in India took place in the year 1867 with the setting up of Royal Bengal paper mills, situated in Ballyganj, near Kolkata. After this, similar successful efforts were made in Lucknow in 1879, Titagarh in 1882, Pune in 1887, Raniganj and Kankinara in 1892, and Naihati in 1918

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