Which of the following is not true regarding the Rowlatt Act, 1919?

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The Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council.

It gave power to the government to repress political activities.

It empowered the government to detain the political prisoner without trial.

The Act controlling the movement of plantation workers.

answer is D.

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The Act controlling the movement of plantation workers is not true regarding the Rowlatt Act, 1919.
The Imperial Legislative Assembly passed the Rowlatt Act in 1919, which had the following features: it gave the government more authority to repress political activists; it permitted the incarceration of political detainees without charge or trial for two years. The Rowlatt acts aimed at countering and controlling the activities of the nationalist movement. They led to higher repression of the acts of political activists.

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