Why were indians reacted against rowlatt act?
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The Rowlatt Act came as great shock to the Indians. For the act in the name of curbing a handful of revolutionaries enacted a law taking an Indians as offenders.
All the elected Indian members in the Imperial Legislative Council vehemently opposed the Act.
Srinivasha Sastri warned that the measure would hurt the good as well as the bad. The press was highly critical, calling it a 'gigantic blunder'. To Gandhiji the Rowlatt Act was unacceptable.
He started organising people for a greater movement until the Act was renounced. An all India Hartal was observed. It was to work as the beginning of the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
All the elected Indian members in the Imperial Legislative Council vehemently opposed the Act.
Srinivasha Sastri warned that the measure would hurt the good as well as the bad. The press was highly critical, calling it a 'gigantic blunder'. To Gandhiji the Rowlatt Act was unacceptable.
He started organising people for a greater movement until the Act was renounced. An all India Hartal was observed. It was to work as the beginning of the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
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(i) Gandhiji called for a country wide Hartal on 6th April, 1919. But he was arrested.
(ii) There were disturbances in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Punjab. In Amritsar, two popular leaders, Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saif- ud-din Kitchlew, were arrested. The people took out a procession in Amritsar to protest against these arrests, and demanded the release of their leaders.
(iii) A public meeting was announced for the 13th April, 1919, at the Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar against the arrest of the leaders.
(iv) General Dyer marched there and killed more than 1,000 people.
(v) As the news of the Jallianwalla Bagh spread, crowds took to the streets in many North Indian towns. There were strikes, clashes with the police and attacks on government buildings.
(ii) There were disturbances in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Punjab. In Amritsar, two popular leaders, Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saif- ud-din Kitchlew, were arrested. The people took out a procession in Amritsar to protest against these arrests, and demanded the release of their leaders.
(iii) A public meeting was announced for the 13th April, 1919, at the Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar against the arrest of the leaders.
(iv) General Dyer marched there and killed more than 1,000 people.
(v) As the news of the Jallianwalla Bagh spread, crowds took to the streets in many North Indian towns. There were strikes, clashes with the police and attacks on government buildings.
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