Rowlatt Act
English
Period1919 Exam importanceHigh
A 1919 law extending wartime emergency powers, allowing detention without trial and curtailing civil liberties — its widespread opposition directly triggered the protests that led to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and fuelled the Non-Cooperation Movement.
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