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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2015 — General Studies · Question 42 of 200

Q42
Indian National MovementPress, Literature & Cultural Institutions
Who passed the 'Vernacular Press Act'?
  1. a.Lord Lytton
  2. b.Lord Dalhousie
  3. c.Lord Wellesley
  4. d.Lord Curzon

Answer: (A) Lord Lytton

The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was passed by Viceroy Lord Lytton to control and censor the indigenous press. Also called the Gagging Act, it targeted newspapers in Indian languages (not English ones), empowering the government to seize seditious publications. It was repealed in 1881 by his successor Lord Ripon.

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