Question

What was the purpose of imposing the j Rowlatt Act?
(a) The Rowlatt Act forbade the Indians to : qualify for administrative services.
(b) The Rowlatt Act had denied Indians the right to political participation.
(c) The Rowlatt Act imposed additional taxes on Indians who were already groaning under the burden of taxes.
(d) The Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person i without trial and conviction in a court of j law

Answer 1

Answer:

(d) the rowlatt act authorised the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction court of law

Answer 2

(d) The Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person i without trial and conviction in a court of  law.

Rowlatt Act:

• The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act.

• The Rowlatt Act, passed by the British colonial government, gave police the authority to arrest anyone for no cause. The goal of this measure was to put a stop to the country's burgeoning nationalist outburst.

• On March 21, 1919, the Rowlatt Act became law. The protest movement in Punjab was ferocious, and two Congress leaders, Dr Satyapal and Saifuddin Kitchlew, were arrested and covertly transported to Dharamsala on April 10.

Jallianwala Bagh massacre:

• The army was called into the Punjab, and on Baisakhi Day, 13 April, residents from nearby villages gathered to celebrate Baisakhi which resulted in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
• In which British troops opened fire on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known as Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab region of India (now in the state of Punjab), killing several hundred and injuring several hundred went.