Why Indians were outraged by the Rowlatt Act?
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✴ROWLATT ACT ✴
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✨The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1919.
✨It was passed by the imperial legislative Council despite the United opposition of the Indian members .
✨The act gave extensive powers to the government to arrest political leaders without any trial in the court for two years . Hence , Indians were highly outraged .
✨Gandhi ji decided to launch a world wide satyagraha against this unjust act which started with a Hartal on 6 April .
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✴ROWLATT ACT ✴
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✨The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1919.
✨It was passed by the imperial legislative Council despite the United opposition of the Indian members .
✨The act gave extensive powers to the government to arrest political leaders without any trial in the court for two years . Hence , Indians were highly outraged .
✨Gandhi ji decided to launch a world wide satyagraha against this unjust act which started with a Hartal on 6 April .
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The Rowlatt Act, followed by the Jallianwallah Bagh massacre and the Khilafat issue embittered Gandhi's feelings towards the British government. Gandhi urged the Congress to launch a Non-Cooperation Movement on these three issues.
In September, 1920, a special session of the Congress, presided by Lala Lajpat Rai was convened at Calcutta to approve the scheme.
The Non-Cooperation resolution garnered mixed responses. Pt. Motilal Nahru and Anil Ali Brothers supported the resolution, whereas Mrs Annie Besant, Pt. Malaviya and Shri C. R Das vehemently opposed. They feared that large scale mass action against the British government would lead to violence on a wide scale, as occurred during Rowlatt satyagraha.
In December 1920, at the Nagpur Congress, the resolution on Non-Cooperation was repeated again. This session garnered greater support in favor of the resolution.
In September, 1920, a special session of the Congress, presided by Lala Lajpat Rai was convened at Calcutta to approve the scheme.
The Non-Cooperation resolution garnered mixed responses. Pt. Motilal Nahru and Anil Ali Brothers supported the resolution, whereas Mrs Annie Besant, Pt. Malaviya and Shri C. R Das vehemently opposed. They feared that large scale mass action against the British government would lead to violence on a wide scale, as occurred during Rowlatt satyagraha.
In December 1920, at the Nagpur Congress, the resolution on Non-Cooperation was repeated again. This session garnered greater support in favor of the resolution.
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