Question

Mention any two Repressive Colonial policies of Lord Lytton.

Answer 1

Hint: Lord Lytton, Edward Robert Lytton, was an English statesman, author, and Conservative politician. He served between 1876 and 1880 as a Viceroy of India - Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India during his tenure - and from 1887 to 1891 as British Ambassador to France.

Complete answer:
Two Repressive Colonial policies of Lord Lytton were:
i) In 1878, he approved the Vernacular Press Act. The Indian newspaper should not, according to him, print against the government.
ii) For the Indian Civil Service Examination, he decreased the maximum or permissible age limit.

Additional Information: Other colonial policies are:
-The maximum age limit for the Indian civil service examination was reduced from 21 years to 19 years, which makes it difficult for Indians to compete for it.
-The import duties on the British textiles were removed, thus it proves harmful for the Indian industry.
-Sir. C.P. Illbert introduced a bill known as the Ilbert Bill in 1883 which sought to abolish judicial qualifications based on the race distinctions. The government finally withdrew a bill; resented by the -British, and adopted a more moderate measure that gave a session judge and a district magistrate who might be an Indian, the power to try Europeans.

Note:
i) In the United Kingdom, Edward Robert Lytton was born on 8 November 1831 and died in Paris, France, on 24 November 1891.
ii) He was British poet, and named by Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, a conservative, at a time intense rivalry for Central Asian influence between Britain and Russia.