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What was the Rowlatt Act and why was it opposed?
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
The Rowlatt Act of 1919 allowed the government to imprison a person suspected of terrorism for up to two years without trial and to try such cases without a jury or right of appeal. Indians opposed it because it denied the most basic rights of a fair trial, and it was passed against the united opposition of every Indian member of the legislature.
No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.
Explanation
Gandhi's call for a nationwide hartal against it was his first all-India campaign.
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