Question

Which act gave the government power to suppress political activity
and detain political prisoners without trial?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Rowlatt Act gave the government power to suppress political activity. This act was passed in the year of 1919 on 10th March by Legislative Council in Delhi. This act was named after a British Judge Sidney Rowlatt.

Under this act if a person was suspected of any crime living in British India could get two years of imprisonment without a trial. This act was also authorized by government. A person who was convicted was required to give securities money upon their release.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act or Black Act, was a legislative council act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 21 March 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915 during the First World War. It was enacted in light of a perceived threat from revolutionary nationalists to organisations of re-engaging in similar conspiracies as during the war which the Government felt the lapse of the DIRA regulations would enable