WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The British Colonial Government passed the “Rowlatt Act” which gave powers to the police to arrest any person without any reason. The purpose of the Act was to curb the growing nationalist upsurge in the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919), legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial.

Detailed explanation-3: -This act authorised the British government to arrest anybody suspected of terrorist activities. It also authorised the government to detain such people arrested for up to 2 years without trial. It empowered the police to search for a place without a warrant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vernacular Press Act, in British India, law enacted in 1878 to curtail the freedom of the Indian-language (i.e., non-English) press.

Detailed explanation-5: -It gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years. But even then in 1919 Rowlatt act was passed. The law was unfair and Indians called it the ‘Black Act.

Detailed explanation-6: -It gave the government autocratic powers to repress political activities besides allowing it to detain political prisoners without a trial, for two years.

Detailed explanation-7: -i) The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee’.