Q. Who among the following said that “The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive Murder“?
Answer: Edwin Samuel Montagu
Notes: Rowlatt Act also known as Black Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 21 March 1919. It empowered the government to put anyone behind the bars without trial and conviction in court law. It basically suspended the right of Habeas Corpus. Edwin Samuel Montagu opined that "The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive Murder".

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