consider the following statements:
1) The first book in the Tamil script was printed in 1578.
2) The first printing press at Bobmay was imported from England by the efforts of Bhimji Parikh.
Which of the statements given above is/are corret?
Answer: (c)
The first printed Tamil book was Thambiran Vanakkam (also called Doctrina Christam in Tamil), printed in 1578 by Portuguese missionaries.
It is regarded as the first book printed in the Tamil script.
Bhimji Parikh, a prominent Gujarati merchant, played a key role in bringing the first printing press to Bombay from England in 1674, with the assistance of the printer Henry Hills.