2. The various Act passed by the British Colonial
rules were oppressive in nature - Ereplain.
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The basic colonial character of British rule and its destructive impact on the lives of the Indian people led to the rise and development of a powerful anti-imperialist movement in India. This movement was a national movement because it embraced within its field all the different classes and groups of Indian Society. These classes had their own contradictions with imperialism, which brought them together in a common national movement. The imperial policies of British persuaded the people of India to sink their reciprocal differences and united against the common enemy.
Legislation of British to stop Revolutionaries Activities in India
The British Government during colonial period passed numerous repressive legislations out of which some important legislation is discussed below:
1. The Prevention of seditious meetings Act (1907 AD)
It was enacted to make better provision for the prevention of public meetings likely to promote sedition or to cause a disturbance of public tranquillity) was a 1907 act of the Imperial Legislative Council of the British Raj enabling the government to prohibit political meetings.
This act was passed when British Government intelligence discovered the presence of the Ghadr Movement which had formed for the purpose of fomenting political violence in India.
2. The Explosives Substances Act (1908 AD)
In this Act, the expression “explosive substance” shall be deemed to include any materials for making any explosive substance; also any apparatus, machine, implement or material used, or intended to be used, or adapted for causing, or aiding in causing, any explosion in or with any explosive substance; also any part of any such apparatus, machine or implement.