Q47
Indian National MovementBritish Policy, Acts & Constitutional Reforms
The Act that gave enormous powers to the British Government to repress political activities was
- a.Arms Act
- b.Vernacular Press Act
- c.Rowlatt Act
- d.Act III of 1882
Answer: (C) Rowlatt Act
The Rowlatt Act of 1919 authorised the British government to arrest and imprison any person suspected of sedition without trial or warrant. It was universally condemned by Indian leaders and referred to as the 'Black Act'. Gandhi launched a Satyagraha against it, culminating in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.