India's government is proposing legislation to replace a British colonial-era law dealing with sedition charges. The provision on sedition — actions that are intended to encourage people to be or act against a government— was instituted by the British in 1860 to repress India's freedom fighters. India won independence from the British colonialists in 1947 but continued to use the sedition law. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's critics accused his government of using the sedition charge to label dissenting citizens as disloyal toward the country.

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