Print Culture and the Modern World Test - 5

The first hindi newspaper was Udant Martand and it was published in the year 1826.

It was published by Jugalkishore from Kanpur.

It was passed in 1878 to control the Vernacular press and to empower the government with more effective means of repressing seditious writings.

Vernacular press act of 1878 was passed by Lytton who was the viceroy of India at that time. It was one of the repressive measures of Lytton against the rising wave of Indian nationalism.

Vernacular press act of 1878 was repealed after four years in 1882, after facing criticism from various sections of the society.

Ripon was the viceroy of British India from 1880-84 . He a liberal person who sympathized with Indians. He was the one who repealed the Vernacular press act of 1878.

My childhood and My university was written by Maxim Gorky. This book provide glimpses of the struggles of the poor people against grim obstacles

About two-hundred years ago, Grimm brothers published a collection of folk tales. The Grimms didn't write these stories, they collected tales that had been handed down from generation to generation.

The Brothers Grimm, otherwise known as Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, were German librarians who also specialized in philology, which is the study of language in historical texts.

The first newspaper was published in Rome nemely Acta Diurna.It was published around 59 BC.