Enraged Englishman demanded a clamp down on the 'native' press. Why?
Enraged Englishman demanded a clamp down on the 'native' press because they did not want another revolt to occur like the revolt of 1857. The vernacular press became assertively nationalist and circulated anti colonial views among the common masses. Hence restrictions were imposed on the vernacular press so that it cannot produce editorials or articles that goes against the British .