History A-Level
Rowlatt Acts
What Rowlatt Acts means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Rowlatt Acts
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Emergency powers of 1919 allowing detention without trial, which provoked widespread protests.
Topics that use Rowlatt Acts
- The First World War and its impact on British India, 1914–20 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Amritsar massacre
- Consequences for British rule
- dyarchy
- Economic significance of India to Britain
- Imperial control and administration
- Indian National Congress
- Response to the outbreak of war
- Rise of Indian nationalism
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