Question

short note on vernacular press Act ,1878​

Answer 1

The Vernacular Press Act:

Modelled on the Irish Press Laws, it was passed in 1878. This law gave the government tyrannical rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press. If a seditious report was published and the newspaper did not heed to an initial warning, then the press was seized and the printing machinery confiscated. This was a complete violation of the freedom of expression.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Vernacular Press Act, in British India, law enacted in 1878 to curtail the freedom of the Indian-language (i.e., non-English) press. ... The act excluded English-language publications. It elicited strong and sustained protests from a wide spectrum of the Indian populace.