explain rowlatt act /satyagraha
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Rowlatt Satyagraha was in response to the British government enacting the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act. Gandhiji called for a countrywide campaign against the Rowlatt Act.
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Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919), legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial.
Rowlatt satyagraha was against the Rowlatt act passed by British. Rallies were organised , workers went on strike and shops closed down . British administration clamped down on nationalist . Local leaders were picked up from Amritsar and Gandhiji was barred from entering Delhi.