Anushilan and Jugantar — Key Changes

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
N/A (Legislative Response)	1907	Seditious Meetings Act, 1907	Empowered the government to prohibit public meetings deemed seditious, directly targeting nationalist gatherings and propaganda efforts by revolutionary groups.
N/A (Legislative Response)	1908	Explosive Substances Act, 1908	Introduced severe penalties for the manufacture, possession, or use of explosives, a direct response to the increasing use of bombs by revolutionary groups like Jugantar.
N/A (Legislative Response)	1908	Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908	Allowed the government to confiscate printing presses and property of newspapers publishing 'incitement to murder or any act of violence', directly aimed at publications like Jugantar.
N/A (Legislative Response)	1908	Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908	Provided for summary trials for certain offenses, making it easier to prosecute revolutionaries and declare associations unlawful, streamlining the suppression of secret societies.
N/A (Legislative Response)	1915	Defence of India Act, 1915	Enacted during WWI, this act gave the government extraordinary powers to intern suspects without trial, censor publications, and suppress political activities, severely impacting revolutionary networks like the German Plot.