Modern Indian History

Rowlatt Act (1919)

  1. In 1917, a committee was set up under the president ship of Sir Sydney Rowlatt to look into the militant Nationalist activities
  2. Rowlatt Act was passed in March 1919 by the Central Legislative Council
  3. As per this Act, any person could be arrested on the basis of suspicion.
  4. No appeal or petition could be filed against such arrests.
  5. This Act was called the Black Act and it was widely opposed.
  6. An all-India hartal was organized on 6 April 1919.
  7. Meetings were held all over the country.
  8. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested near Delhi.
  9. Two prominent leaders of Punjab, Dr Satya Pal and Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew, were arrested in Amritsar.