Question

Which act empowered the British to put the Indian people in jail without a trail

Answer 1

Rowlatt Act of 1919 empowered britishers to Put the indians in the jail without any trial. It is also known as the Black Act.It was passed by Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 10 March 1919

Answer 2

THE ROWLATT ACT :

The rowlatt act  was put into effect on 10th march 1919. According to this any person could be imprisoned without any trial.

• Protests were organised aganist this act, specially in Bengal.
• Two leaders Dr. Satya Pal and Dr. Saiffuddin were arrested on 10th April 1919.
• A meeting was organised at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on 13th April 1919 to protest aganist these arrests.
• General Dyer closed the only exit and without any warning, he started firing at the peaceful demonstrators.
• This killed and injured hundreds of people including women and children and came to be  known as Jallianwala Bagh Massacre,