how was rowlatt act opposed by the mass under the leadershipof gandhiji
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Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nation wide Satyagrah against the purpose. Mahatma Gandhi wanted a non-violent civil disobedience against such unjust laws, which would start with a hartal on 6th April. This Satyagrah started in Bombay.
Rallies were organised in various cities, workers went on strike in railway workshops, and shops closed down.
Alarmed by the popular upsurge, and scared that lines of communication such as railways and telegraph would be disrupted, the British administration decided to clamp down on nationalists. Local leaders were picked up from Amritsar, and Mahatma Gandhi was barred from entering Delhi. On 10th April, 1919,police in Amritsar fired upon a peaceful procession provoking widespread attacks on banks, post offices and railway stations.