Arpit Nayak
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Arpit Nayak is an associate editor at Encyclopedia Britannica. He has a background in business journalism and stock market news, and has a degree in English literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He also runs a small community-led cultural society in his hometown of Shillong and dabbles in graphic design and photography.
Primary Contributions (7)
Rowlatt Act, set of legislative measures enacted in 1919 by the British colonial government to clamp down on nationalist movements in India. It allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and suspects to be detained without a trial. The act was met with widespread opposition across…
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