Consider the following statements in the context of the Indian press during the British period. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
1.The Licensing Regulation of 1823 required every printer or publisher to obtain a license and gave the Governor General power to cancel it or request a new application
2.The emergency created by the events of 1857 forced the British to reimpose restrictions on the press through Regulation Fifteen of 1857
3.In March 1941 the Government of India constituted a Press Inquiry Committee to review press laws
4.The Newspaper Act of 1908 empowered magistrates to confiscate the presses of newspapers publishing objectionable articles that incited violence or murder
A1, 2 and 3 only
B2, 3 and 4 only
C1, 3 and 4 only
D1, 2 and 4 only
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