explain the development of press during british rule
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Explanation:
The evolution of the Indian press was fraught with developmental difficulties, illiteracy, colonial constraints, and repression. It disseminated the ideas of freedom and became a prominent tool for the freedom struggle. The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser” started by James Augustus in 1780
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The British introduced the licensing system to publish papers. During 1860, The Bengalee and The Amrita Bazar Patrika were started in 'Bengalee language'. Lord Lytton wanted to control and regulate the vernacular press by his Vernacular Press Act of 1878.
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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.