Question

With reference to Nationalism and the birth of the Indian National Congress, explain each of the following.

Vernacular Press Act, $1878$.

Answer 1

The Vernacular Press Act, $1878$ was passed by Lord Lytton. The Act, which was not applicable to the English newspapers, forbade the vernacular papers to publish anything that might excite feelings of dissatisfaction against the government. In $1882$, this Act was repealed by Lord Ripon.