<P> Many factors contributed to the necessity of the initiation of printing in the subcontinent , the primary being evangelization and the Jesuits were solely responsible for this . Francis Xavier is known to have been teaching the Bible in Tharangambadi ( Tranquebar ) , Tamil Nadu around 1542 . Also , when the Viceroy of Goa , on behalf of King Joao III of Portugal , opened schools for Indians , Francis Xavier pressured Portugal to make printing presses available to India , Ethiopia and Japan . Meanwhile , the Emperor of Abyssinia ( now Ethiopia ) also requested Portugal to send a press along with missionaries . Consequently , the first batch of Jesuit missionaries , along with the printing press , left for Ethiopia on March 29 , 1556 , on a Spanish ship . The Patriarch designate of Abyssinia , Joao Nunes Barreto , as well as a team of technicians accompanied the press . </P>
<P> Many factors contributed to the necessity of the initiation of printing in the subcontinent , the primary being evangelization and the Jesuits were solely responsible for this . Francis Xavier is known to have been teaching the Bible in Tharangambadi ( Tranquebar ) , Tamil Nadu around 1542 . Also , when the Viceroy of Goa , on behalf of King Joao III of Portugal , opened schools for Indians , Francis Xavier pressured Portugal to make printing presses available to India , Ethiopia and Japan . Meanwhile , the Emperor of Abyssinia ( now Ethiopia ) also requested Portugal to send a press along with missionaries . Consequently , the first batch of Jesuit missionaries , along with the printing press , left for Ethiopia on March 29 , 1556 , on a Spanish ship . The Patriarch designate of Abyssinia , Joao Nunes Barreto , as well as a team of technicians accompanied the press . </P>
where was first printing press established in india
where was first printing press established in india
Abyssinia
Abyssinia