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India · 1898Sedition law tightened, Criminal Procedure Code enacted; Tilak freed, Chapekar hanged

In 1898 the colonial state tightened its penal apparatus by amending the sedition law and enacting the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. Tilak was released after his sedition sentence, Damodar Chapekar was hanged, and the Indian National Congress met at Madras under Ananda Mohan Bose.

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Key figures

Bal Gangadhar Tilak — released in September 1898 after being sentenced for sedition; emerging figurehead of assertive naDamodar Hari Chapekar — revolutionary hanged on 18 April 1898 for assassinating Plague Commissioner W.C. RandAnanda Mohan Bose — president of the 1898 Madras session of the Indian National CongressLord Elgin II — Viceroy of India through 1898Swami Vivekananda — established Belur Math in 1898 as headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and MissionAnnie Besant — founded the Central Hindu College at Benares in 1898

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