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title: "Who said that “The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive Murder“?"  
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published: 2018-03-11  
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# Who said that “The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive Murder“?

Who said that “The Rowlatt Act is a [Preventive](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94264/what-do-you-mean-by-preventive-detention) Murder“?

## Answers

### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya

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**Edwin Samuel Montagu** stated about the **Rowlatt Act** being a **Preventive Murder**. Edwin Montagu was a **British politician** from the **Liberal party**. Born on **6th February 1879**, Edwin Montagu served as the **Secretary of State for India** from **1917 to 1922**. After **Sir Herbert Samuel** and **Sir Rufus Isaacs**, Edwin Montagu was the **third** practising **Jew** in the British cabinet. Edwin Montagu was appointed as **Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster** by the **monarch** of **United Kingdom George V** under **Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith**. Edwin Montagu was in office from **3rd February 1915 to 25th May 1915** succeeding **Charles Masterman**. Later **Winston Churchill** succeeded Edwin Montagu as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Edwin Montagu was **again appointed** as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by the monarch of United Kingdom George V under Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith. Edwin Montagu was in office for the second time from **11th January 1916 to 9th July 1916** succeeding **Herbert Samuel**. Later **Thomas McKinnon Wood** succeeded Edwin Montagu as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Edwin Montagu served as the **Secretary of State for India** from **17th July 1917 to 19th March 1922**. **George V** was the monarch during this period and **David Llyod George** was the **Prime Minister**. Edwin Montagu succeeded **Austen Chamberlain** as the **Secretary of State of India**. Edwin Montagu was succeeded by **William Robert Wellesley Peel (1st Earl Peel)** also known as **The Viscount Peel**.

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Edwin Montagu received his education from **Clifton College**, the **City of London School**, **University College London** and **Trinity College**, **Cambridge**. He was elected **Member of Parliament** in **1906** from **Chesterton**. He served as **Under Secretary of State for India** from **1910 to 1914** under **H.H. Asquith**. He also served as the **Financial Secretary to the Treasury** in **1915** and in **1916**. Edwin Montagu died at the age of **45** on **15th November 1924**.

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