Rise of Modern Vernacular Literature

2020-04-27 15:07:07

After the famine of 1876-77 the critique of Lytton’s administration increased.
Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was passed to curb this. provided for the confiscation of the printing press, paper etc for publishing seditious materials.
To counter this Amrita Bazar Patrika became an English newspaper overnight.