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The government adopted the Vernacular Press Act 1878 to regulate the indigenous press in order to manage strong public opinion and seditious writing producing unhappiness among the people of native region with the government. The Act was proposed by Lytton, then Viceroy of India, and was unanimously passed by the Viceroy's Council on 14 March ...
The British Indian press was legally protected by the set of laws such as Vernacular Press Act, Censorship of Press Act, 1799, Metcalfe Act and Indian Press Act, 1910, while the media outlets were regulated by the Licensing Regulations, 1823, Licensing Act, 1857 and Registration Act, 1867.
In this Ripon was supported by Florence Nightingale, who also backed his efforts to obtain a Bengal land tenancy bill (eventually the Bengal Tenancy Act 1885) that would improve the situation of the peasants. [13] In 1882 he repealed the controversial Vernacular Press Act of 1878 passed by Lytton. [14] He also promoted the Indian Famine Codes.
The Press Act of 1908 was legislation promulgated in British India imposing strict censorship on all kinds of publications. The measure was brought into effect to curtail the influence of Indian vernacular and English language in promoting support for what was considered radical Indian nationalism. this act gave the British rights to imprison and execute anyone who writes radical articles in ...
Vernacular Press Act, 1878; Arms Act, 1878 [15] Second Anglo-Afghan War, (1878–1880) ... Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882) Establishment of Panjab ...
In 2012, President Barack Hussein Obama repealed the Smith-Mundt act, which had been in place since 1948," reads on-screen text in the post. ... The Associated Press debunked a version of the ...
The Comstock Act must be repealed, and in our view, that process needs to begin this year. As tempting as it is to ignore this law, allowing it to remain on the books is too dangerous, and the ...
Vernacular Press Act [ edit ] In 1878, he implemented the Vernacular Press Act , which enabled the Viceroy to confiscate the press and paper of any Indian Vernacular newspaper that published content that the Government deemed to be "seditious", in response to which there was a public protest in Calcutta that was led by the Indian Association ...