What was the The Rowlatt Act?

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Passed on the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee and named after its president, British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, this act effectively authorized the government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj for up to two years without a trial, and gave the imperial authorities...
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Passed on the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee and named after its president, British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, this act effectively authorized the government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj for up to two years without a trial, and gave the imperial authorities power to deal with all revolutionary activities. read less
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The Act restricted the freedom of expression and strengthened police powers .
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In 1919 a new Act was passed by the British government to give themselves greater power over the people of India. This Act was called the Rowlatt Act.
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It is one of those oppressive and shameful Acts passed by the so-called enlightened Englishmen in 1919 which legalised Detention of Indians without trial and Trial without a jury.
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