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What was the purpose of the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
To provide the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press
What was the influence behind the model of the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
Irish press laws
What were the consequences for a newspaper judged as seditious under the Vernacular Press Act?
The newspaper was warned, and if ignored, the printing machinery could be confiscated
Test your knowledge about the Vernacular Press Act of 1878, its implications, and the colonial government's measures to control the vernacular press in India.
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