Answer:
(i)
By 1820's, the Calcutta Supreme Court passed certain regulations to control the
freedom of press.
(ii) The Company began encouraging newspapers
that would celebrate British rule.
(iii) Many editors gave urgent petitions to
Governor General Bentick, who agreed to revise Press Laws.
(iv) After the revolt of 1857, the attitude
to freedom of press changed.
(v) Engaged Englishmen demanded control on the
vernacular press as they were becoming nationalists.
(vi) In 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was passed.
It provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports and
editorial in the vernacular press.
(vii) From now on, the government kept regular
check on the vernacular newspapers published in different provinces.
(viii) When a report was judged as seditious,
the newspapers were warned, and if the warning went ignored, the press would be
seized by the government and printing machinery confiscated.
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