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Question
What were the main provisions of the Rowlatt Act?
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Mention any two provisions of the Rowlatt Act, by which people were shocked and enraged. Answer:
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Solution
According to the Rowlatt Act:
(i) The Government could use the extraordinary repressive powers it had during the war.
(ii) The British Government could arrest any person without assigning any reason for the arrest, search any place without a warrant and imprison anyone without trial.
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