Rowlatt Act to UAPA: Change and Continuity
Channel: NewsClickin
Date: 2019-08-09

The recently concluded Parliament session was momentous. Several Bills greatly advancing the agenda of BJP and the Sangh Parivar were passed, including the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. In this episode of Past, Present, and the Future, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay speaks to historian Rizwan Qaiser about the similarities and differences between India now and a hundred years ago, and how things have changed from the Rowlatt Act of then to the amended UAPA now.