The detention of political prisoners without trial for two years was a feature of _____?

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Answer 1

The Correct Answer is Rowlatt Act.
Key Points

The Rowlatt Act 1919 gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities and allowed the detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
The Act would thus also enable the Government to suspend the right of habeas Corpus which had been the foundation of civil liberties in Britain.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Mazhar-ul-Huq resigned from their membership of the central legislative council against the passage of the Rowlatt Act 1919.

Important Points

The East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was passed in 1873, which formally dissolved the British East India Company.
The Regulating Act, (1773) was legislation passed by the British Parliament for the regulation of the British East India Company's Indian territories.
The term Government of India Act refers to any one of a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the government of British India.