what was the rowlatt act? give an account of the satyagraha.short answer
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- In 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for a Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act which was passed by the British.
- The Act restricted the freedom of expression and strengthened police powers.
- It was hurriedly passed by the colonial forces through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition by the Indian members.
- Mahatma Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and others strongly opposed this Act.
- So, this event was known as the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
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The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act, was a legislative council act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915 during the First World War.
The answer is that in 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for a Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act, passed by the British. The Act restricted the freedom of expression and strengthened police powers. Mahatma Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and others strongly opposed this Act. Event was known as the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
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