INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. Lord Lytton used to write poetry with the pen name, “Owen Meredith". An English statesman and poet, Robert BulwerLytton (1831-1891), served as the Viceroy of India between 1876-1880.

Detailed explanation-2: -Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, PC (8 November 1831 – 24 November 1891) was an English statesman, Conservative politician and poet who used the pseudonym Owen Meredith.

Detailed explanation-3: -British poet and diplomat Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-91) was viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880. He was appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, a Conservative, at a time of intense competition between Britain and Russia over control of Central Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, known commonly as Lord Lytton was an English politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1876 to1880. He is commonly regarded as a ruthless viceroy due to his approach to the Great Indian Famine of 1876-1878 and the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1878, Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act, which restricted the Indian Press’s ability to publish newspapers in local Indian languages. In 1878, he established the Arms Act, which required Indians to apply for a license to keep, sell, or buy arms.