NCERT Important Questions for Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 5
Social Science Class 10 History
Print Culture and The Modern World 5
Important Questions
3/5 Marks Question
What steps were taken by the British to curb the freedom of press in India?
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After the revolt of 1857 ,enraged Englishmen demanded a clamp down on the native press.
-The Venacular Press Act, 1878 was passed. it provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports in the vernacular press.
-Government kept regular track of the vernacular newspapers.
-when a report was judged as seditious, newspaper was warned and if the warning was ignored the press was liable to be seized and the printing machinery confiscated.