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However its widespread and indiscriminate use in stifling genuine political discourse made it deeply unpopular, and became increasingly reviled within India. ... The act was re-enacted during World War II as Defence of India act 1939.
to scare away evil spirits as they beleived that the noise scared/bothered them
It would cause erosion by washing away the soil into the ocean
Yep they disagreed about wether or not slavery should be legal
