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“This retention of Rowlatt legislation in the teeth of universal opposition is an affront to the nation. Its repeal is necessary to appease national honour.” Critically examine.

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  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

The statement captures the nationalist charge that the Rowlatt Act was retained by the colonial state purely as an assertion of raw authority, defying near-unanimous Indian opposition and inflicting a wound on collective self-respect that only repeal could heal.

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  • The Act as an Affront: Universal Opposition Ignored
  • Retention and the Jallianwala Bagh Wound
  • Was Repeal Necessary to "Appease National Honour"?
  • Critical Assessment

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