Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.6 Education and press

2.6.5 Press laws: Licensing Regulations to the Vernacular Press Act and after

Each time the press grew critical, the government tightened control: pre-censorship under Wellesley, licensing under Adam, a brief freedom under Metcalfe, and then the Acts of 1878 and 1910 aimed at the nationalist press.

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Key terms

  • Censorship of the Press Act 1799
  • Licensing Regulations 1823
  • Metcalfe Press Act 1835
  • Vernacular Press Act 1878
  • Indian Press Act 1910
  • sedition
  • Press Committee 1921

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