Question

short notes of the role of newspaper in Indian struggle of independence

Answer 1

The following acts were formulated by the British Government to curb press:


Censorship of Press Act, 1799

Licensing Regulations, 1823

Press Act of 1835 or Metcalfe

Licensing Act, 1857

Registration Act, 1867

Vernacular Press Act, 1878

Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908

Indian Press Act, 1910

James Augustus Hickey is considered the father of Indian press. He started the Bengal Gazette in the year 1780. But it was seized in the year 1872 as it was critical of the British Government. With the increasing number of newspapers, the government became accountable. Therefore, it brought into action several acts in order to suppress the press