Question

Write short notes: 

Vernacular Press Act of 1878.

Answer 1

• On 14^th March 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was implemented.
• This act was concerned with writing and printing articles that would lead to insurgence against the British Government or the creation of hatred among people on the basis of race, caste, and creed.
• By applying this law, the British Government had confiscated 210 Marathi books. Lokmanya Tilak, Shivrampant Paranjape, and Ganesh Damodar Savarkar were put under trial for sedition.
• ‘1857-The first war of Independence’ written by Swatantryaveer Savarkar was one of the confiscated books