Who among the following had primarily implemented the Press Censorship?
(A) Wellesley
(B) Hastings
(C) John Adams
(D) Dalhousie
Correct Answer : Wellesley
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2001
Many newspapers were published during 1766-1789. In 1799 Lord Wellesley brought the censorship of Press Act, 1799. Lord Hastings cancelled the Act in 1818.
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