Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act ?

Q. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act ?
Answer: Lord Ripon
Notes: In the year 1878, Vernacular Press act was passed by the governor general Lord Lytton. The main objective of the act was to suppress the newspapers which used to write against the British. Later in 1881, the act was repealed by Lord Ripon.

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