Question

Why did Gandhiji decide to launch a nationwide ‘Satyagraha’ against the proposed Rowlatt Act (1919) ? How was it opposed ? Explain.

Answer 1

Gandhiji decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act 1919 because:

1 .This Act means that the British may put the Indian into the jail because for no reason without a court case .

2. After the first world war the evolution of Turkish Khalifa movement started.

3. And the Jallianwala Bagh incident in the Jallianwala Bagh the Sikhs that had came to celebrate Baisakhi were killed because they were not knowing that the General Dyer had passed a law which meant that no one had to be out of their house but when he knew that some are celebrating baishakhi then he got angry and give the order to shoot everyone who are in the Jallianwala Bagh this led Mahatma Gandhi to start a nationwide Satyagraha.

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Answer 2

1. Indian members had completely opposed the Rowlatt Act that was by the Imperial Legislative Council in a hurry

2. The Act gave the government the power to repress political activities and detain political prisoners without a trial for two years.

3. Gandhi wanted to begin a non-violent civil disobedience movement against this law because it was completely unjust.

4.Gandhi feared that the movement might lead to popular violence. The non-cooperation movement was launched on 1 August 1920 and withdrawn in February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident.

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