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The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act, was a legislative council act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review ...
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The passing of the Rowlatt act brought Gandhiji to the national political font . He opposed the act and fixed 30 March 1919 as a Day of hartal . Fasting , prayer , penance , meetings and processions were held all over the country.
The government adopted all possible measures to suppress the movement.They banned all processions , meeting and deported political leaders . But the most horrible occurrence took place at The Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar.
To protest against the arrest of the leaders , people gathered around the Jallianwala Bagh on 30 March 1919. To disperse the gathering general Dyer reached there with his troops and ordered them to open fire at the unarmed crowd.Nearly 400 people were killed and 1000's wounded.
The Government imposed martial law in Punjab
A wave on Horror and indignation ran throughout the country about what happened in Punjab.
Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his title of knighthood as an act of protest