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The Rowlatt Act of 1919, which led to widespread protests, allowed the government to:
- A. Detain suspects without trial
- B. Impose heavy land revenue
- C. Ban the import of foreign cloth
- D. Tax salt manufacture
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Answer: (A) Detain suspects without trial
The Rowlatt Act permitted imprisonment of suspects without trial for up to two years and trial without juries. It prompted the Rowlatt Satyagraha and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in April 1919. Taxes on salt and cloth belong to other agitations.
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