Balgangadhar Tilak used his newspaper Kesari to openly criticise British policies and support nationalist cau…

Question

Balgangadhar Tilak used his newspaper Kesari to openly criticise British policies and support nationalist causes. Under which legislation was he prosecuted in 1908?

Options:
(A) The Rowlatt Act
(B) The Vernacular Press Act
(C) The Defence of India Act
(D) The Sedition Act (Section 124A, IPC)

Accepted Answer

## Model Answer **(D) The Sedition Act (Section 124A, IPC)** Tilak wrote sympathetically about the Punjab revolutionaries in *Kesari*, leading to his imprisonment in 1908 under the Sedition Act. *Source: Print and Censorship, Chapter 5* ## Explanation The passage states Tilak "wrote with great sympathy about them in his Kesari. This led to his imprisonment in 1908." The Sedition Act (Section 124A, IPC) was the law used against nationalist editors and writers who criticised British rule. The Rowlatt Act (1919) and Defence of India Act came later; the Vernacular Press Act (1878) targeted press seizure, not personal imprisonment.

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