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may 8, 1823 - Licensing Regulation, 1823

Description:

- Acting Governor-General John Adams
- starting or using the press without license was a penal offence. Later extended to journals, pamphlets and books
- RM Roy Mirat-ul-Akbar had to stop publication

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Date:

may 8, 1823
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~ 203 years ago