HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
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Justice
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General
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Member of Parliament
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Secretary of State for India
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sydney Rowlatt was an English lawyer and judge, best remembered for his controversial presidency of the Rowlatt Committee. The Rowlatt Act was widely condemned by Indian leaders and the public. It allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted imprisonment of suspects without trial.
Detailed explanation-2: -Also known as the Black Act, it vested the Viceroy’s government with extraordinary powers to quell sedition by silencing the press, detaining the political activists without trial, and arresting without warrant any individuals suspected of sedition or treason.
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