Company administration and colonial economy
Press regulation, Vernacular Press Act and the Ilbert Bill
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Hicky's Gazette 1780, Censorship 1799, Licensing Regulations 1823, Metcalfe's liberation of the press 1835, Licensing Act 1857
- Lytton's Vernacular Press Act against Indian-language papers, Amrita Bazar Patrika switching to English, repeal by Ripon 1882
- Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act 1908, Indian Press Act 1910, Press Emergency Act 1931 and Tilak's sedition trials
- Ilbert Bill on Indian magistrates trying Europeans, the European agitation and its lesson for Indian political organisation
- Arms Act 1878 and other discriminatory laws that fed early nationalist grievance
Where to study
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 8 The Fight to Secure Press Freedom, pp. 102-112
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 29 Development of Indian Press
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 8: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Emergence of Nationalism, p. 2 (printed 94)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Emergence of Nationalism, pp. 2-3 (printed 94-95)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Emergence of Nationalism, pp. 2-4 (printed 94-96)