The moniker 'Black-Bill' reflected the perception of the Act as oppressive and unjust, as it curtailed civil liberties by allowing detention without trial.
Which Act was known as 'Black-Bill'?
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2019 · Topic: Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919) (Provisions of the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919 (Rowlatt Act))
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Answer: A. Rowlatt Act
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