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What repressive measures were taken by the Government to suppress the Assertive Nationalists after the Surat Split?

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The government took the following repressive measures to suppress the Assertive Nationalists after the Surat Split:

  1. Since the movement for boycott of British goods was gaining ground, the Government launched a campaign of repression.
  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was lodged in Myanmar's Mandalay prison.
  3. Under the Seditious Meetings Act of 1907, the District Magistrates could prohibit the holding of meetings.
  4. The Newspapers Act of 1908 was aimed at punishing those editors whose papers contained writings against British rule.
  5. Rajani Palme Dutt says, "Police action was carried out with great vigour…school-children were arrested for singing national songs."
  6. Such measures failed to arrest the nationalist movement. On the contrary, there grew up revolutionary groups in Bengal and Punjab.

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