why did Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act? explain?
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After arriving in India in 1915, Mahatma Gandhi
successfully organised Satyagraha movements in various places. These places included Champaran in Bihar (1916), Kheda district of Gujarat (1917) and Ahmedabad in Gujarat (1918). Emboldened with this success, Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act (1919).
According to this law, the government had the authority to repress political activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners-without trial for two years.
Gandhiji wanted a non-violent civil disobedience i.e. Satyagraha movement against such unjust law all over India. Thus, it started with a hartal on 6th April, 1919.
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Mahatma Gandhi launched the Rowlatt satyagraha due to following reasons:
The Rowlatt Act was an openly undemocratic measure taken by the British government. It sanctioned the detention of Indian political leaders without any trial for a period upto three years.
The law was passed in an autocratic fashion without considering the opinion of the Indian populace which was going to be affected by it.
Gandhiji latched on the issue of Rowlatt Act because it had become an emotive political issue and had the potential to unite the Indians against a common enemy.
The Rowlatt Act was an openly undemocratic measure taken by the British government. It sanctioned the detention of Indian political leaders without any trial for a period upto three years.
The law was passed in an autocratic fashion without considering the opinion of the Indian populace which was going to be affected by it.
Gandhiji latched on the issue of Rowlatt Act because it had become an emotive political issue and had the potential to unite the Indians against a common enemy.
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