Question

9. Write a brief comment on the Rowlatt Act.
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Answer 1

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• The 'Rowlatt Act' envisaged the arrest and deportation of any person on mere suspicion of sedition and revolt.
• It allowed the declaration of possession of treasonable literature as a punishable offence.
• Allowed the British to imprison protestors without a trial of those arrested.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Rowlatt Act, referred to as the “black act” was passed by the British government in 1919, during the First World War.

The Rowlatt Act entitled the British to arrest anyone found suspicious of plotting against the British Raj.

Thus, this law was strongly opposed by the Indians.