Question

WHEN WAS FOLLOWING MOVEMENTS CALLED OFF

SATYAGRAH
ROWLATT ACT

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Gandhiji launched nationwide satyagraha against Rowlatt Act in 1919. This Act had been hurriedly passed despite the united opposition of Indian members.

2) This Act gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.

Answer 2

• The idea of satyagraha basically emphasised the power of truth and the demand to search for truth. It suggested that if the cause was true, if the struggle was against injustice, then the physical force was not necessary to fight the oppressor.
• 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.