Modern history

Concepts to cover

1. Hicky's Gazette 1780, Censorship 1799, Licensing Regulations 1823, Metcalfe's liberation of the press 1835, Licensing Act 1857
2. Lytton's Vernacular Press Act against Indian-language papers, Amrita Bazar Patrika switching to English, repeal by Ripon 1882
3. Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act 1908, Indian Press Act 1910, Press Emergency Act 1931 and Tilak's sedition trials
4. Ilbert Bill on Indian magistrates trying Europeans, the European agitation and its lesson for Indian political organisation
5. Arms Act 1878 and other discriminatory laws that fed early nationalist grievance
6. Nationalist newspapers: editors, public-service publishing, collective reading and political education