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Question
What was Lord Lytton’s Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
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Solution
The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 of Lord Lytton laid down that the editors of the vernacular newspapers were to sign a bond that they would not publish anything which would create feelings of dissatisfaction against the Government.
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