In which year the Vernacular Press Act passed?

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1852

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1878

answer is D.

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Lord Lytton, who was viceroy of India at the time, proposed the vernacular Press Act, which was designed to stop the vernacular press from criticizing British policies. Large-scale criticism of British policies and power in India followed this action. Lord Lytton, the viceroy of India at the time, introduced the Vernacular Act of 1878, which was approved on March 14 of that year. This law disallowed English-language publications because it aimed to suppress Indian seditious writing that opposed British policies in India.

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