. By 1820s, the Calcutta Supreme Court passed certain regulations to control the freedom of press. . The Company began encouraging newspapers that would celebrate British rule. . Many editors gave urgent petitions to Governor General Bentick, who agreed to revise Press Laws. . After the revolt of 1857, the attitude to freedom of press changed. . Engaged Englishmen demanded control on the vernacular press as they were becoming nationalists. . In 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was passed. It provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorial in the vernacular press. . From now on, the government kept regular check on the vernacular newspapers published in different provinces. . When a report was judged as seditious, the newspapers were warned, and if the warning went ’ ignored, the press would be seized by the government and printing machinery confiscated.