Press -After the Revolt of 1857


 
 
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Press -After the Revolt of 1857

Press: After the Revolt of 1857: After the revolt of 1857, the attitude to freedom of the press changed. As vernacular newspapers became assertively nationalist, the colonial government began debating measures of strict control.

In 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was passed which was modeled on the Irish Press Laws. It provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press. Despite repressive measures, many nationalist newspapers grew in all parts of India. They reported colonial misrule and encouraged nationalist activities. This in turn led to a renewed cycle of persecution and protests.

Balgangadhar Tilak wrote with great sympathy about the Punjab revolutionaries who were deported (expelled) in 1907, in his newspaper Kesari.

This led to his imprisonment in 1908. Then it provoked widespread protests all over India.

 
 
 


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