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Define Rowlatt Act |
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Answer» 1. The Rowlatt Act was a law passed by the British in colonial India in March 1919, indefinitely extending "emergency measures" enacted during the First World War in order to control public unrest and root out conspiracy.2. This act effectively authorized the government to imprison any person for a maximum period of two years, without trial who was suspected of doing terror in the Raj.3. The Rowlatt Act gave British imperial authorities power to deal with revolutionary activities. Please make it a little bit longer \tRowlatt Act 1919 authorised the Government:\tTo arrest and imprison any person without trial in a court of law.\tTo demand security from any person, impose restriction on residence, curb freedom of activities, to search house and arrest any person, at any place. |
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