Freedom of the press in British India
Freedom of the press in British India or freedom of the press in pre-independence India refers to the censorship on print media during the period of British rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. The British Indian press was legally protected by the set of laws such as Vernacular Press Act, Censorship of Press Act, 1799, Metcalfe Act and Indian Press Act, 1910, while the media outlets were regulated by the Licensing Regulations, 1823, Licensing Act, 1857 and Registration Act, 1867. The British administrators in the India subcontinent (in modern-day Republic of India, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People's Republic of Bangladesh) brought a set of rules and regulations into effect designed to prevent circulating claimed inaccurate, media bias and disinformation across the subcontinent.

In pre-independence, the government formulated several legal actions, including Gagging Act, comprised a set of rules for publishing, distributing and circulating news stories and operating media organizations working independently or running in the subcontinent. These rules primarily compelled regional and English-language newspapers to express their concerns under the selected provisions. During the period, government allowed a journalist or 
media industries to cover any story and brought it to the audiences without impacting sovereignty of British Empire in subcontinent.
Q11033
print media
Concept
Q129286
British rule
MEDIA
Q21941952
British Crown
ORG
Q60140
Indian subcontinent
LOC
Q7921924
Vernacular Press Act
MEDIA
Q7241603
Indian Press Act, 1910
UNK
Q668
Republic of India
LOC
Q843
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
LOC
Q902
People's Republic of Bangladesh
LOC
Q13579947
inaccurate
Concept
Q11118951
media bias
Concept
Q189656
disinformation
Concept
Q1193236
media industries
Concept
Q8680
British Empire
LOC
Q97574137
Freedom of the press in British India
UNK
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1858
DATE
1947-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1947
DATE
1799-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1799
DATE
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1910
DATE
1823-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1823
DATE
1857-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1857
DATE
1867-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1867
DATE
inception