The Rowlatt Act, passed in 1919, authorized the British government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism for up to two years without trial. This denial of basic legal rights and the principle of habeas corpus led Indians to widely condemn it as a 'Black Act'.
Which Act is called as Black Act by the Indians?
Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2015 · Topic: Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919) (Provisions of the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919 (Rowlatt Act))
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Answer: C. Rowlatt Act
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