In which year the Dramatic Performances Act was passed which imposed rigorous state control over performances on the public stage?
1876
1876. The Dramatic Performances Act empowered the colonial government to prohibit public performances considered seditious, scandalous, defamatory or obscene and to enforce such prohibitions. It also allowed licensing and advance script-submission requirements to be imposed in notified areas; these were not an automatic universal requirement for every play everywhere.
Important Questions from Art and Architecture
‘Harmika’, a balcony-like structure that represented the abode of God was part of which architecture?
“Lotiya” is the regional music of which state?
Arrange the following monuments in a chronological order starting from the earliest:
(A) Chashma-i Nur, Ajmer
(B) Bibi ka maqbara, Aurangabad
(C) Tomb of Itimad-ud daula, Agra
(D) Begum Shahi mosque, Lahore
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Most of the Kushana sculptures have been discovered at
Builder of Kandariya Mahadev temple were
