ANTI ROWLATT AGITATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Background
Satyagraha Movement & Rowlatt Act (1919)
Rowlatt committee
Committee members
War Ends, Emergency Powers Continue
Events
In Delhi
In the presidency of Bombay
In the Punjab
Anti-Rowlatt Satyagrha intended to mobilize public opinion against the act
Jallianwala bagh massacre
Reaction
In Lahore
The hunter commission
Assassination of Michael O’ Dwyer
Some facts about Rowlatt act
Conclusion
References
ANTI ROWLATT AGITATION
Introduction
In 1919 Justice Rowlatt looked at the situation and recommended tough new laws to deal with those who stirred up protests. In 1919 his proposals became law, known as the Rowlatt Act. Some salient features of the Rowlatt act are that the people could be tried in private by three High Court Judges. There was no right of appeal. People could be ordered to live in a particular place or could be stopped from attending meetings. Moreover, there was also a chance that people could be arrested without warrant and kept in prison without trial. Indians were furious with the new laws. They caused uproar in India, Gandhi started the hartal against it and Jinnah resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council in protest.
The Rowlatt Act, passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in London on March 10, 1919, indefinitely extending "emergency measures" (of the Defence of India Regulations Act) enacted during the First World War in order to control public unrest and root out conspiracy in India. Passed on the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee and named after its president, British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, this act effectively authorized the government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj for up to two years without a trial, and gave the imperial authorities power to deal with all revolutionary activities. The unpopular legislation provided for stricter control of the press, arrests without warrant, indefinite detention without trial, and juryless in camera trials
Introduction
Background
Satyagraha Movement & Rowlatt Act (1919)
Rowlatt committee
Committee members
War Ends, Emergency Powers Continue
Events
In Delhi
In the presidency of Bombay
In the Punjab
Anti-Rowlatt Satyagrha intended to mobilize public opinion against the act
Jallianwala bagh massacre
Reaction
In Lahore
The hunter commission
Assassination of Michael O’ Dwyer
Some facts about Rowlatt act
Conclusion
References
ANTI ROWLATT AGITATION
Introduction
In 1919 Justice Rowlatt looked at the situation and recommended tough new laws to deal with those who stirred up protests. In 1919 his proposals became law, known as the Rowlatt Act. Some salient features of the Rowlatt act are that the people could be tried in private by three High Court Judges. There was no right of appeal. People could be ordered to live in a particular place or could be stopped from attending meetings. Moreover, there was also a chance that people could be arrested without warrant and kept in prison without trial. Indians were furious with the new laws. They caused uproar in India, Gandhi started the hartal against it and Jinnah resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council in protest.
The Rowlatt Act, passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in London on March 10, 1919, indefinitely extending "emergency measures" (of the Defence of India Regulations Act) enacted during the First World War in order to control public unrest and root out conspiracy in India. Passed on the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee and named after its president, British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, this act effectively authorized the government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj for up to two years without a trial, and gave the imperial authorities power to deal with all revolutionary activities. The unpopular legislation provided for stricter control of the press, arrests without warrant, indefinite detention without trial, and juryless in camera trials
References: Satyagraha Movement & Rowlatt Act (1919) “Towards the end of the First World War the British decided that firm action was needed to keep a grip on India, especially with the threat of renewed violence Events in the Presidency of Bombay In Bombay the Satyagraha Sabha proclaimed Sunday, April 6 to be a day of humiliation and prayer throughout India (London Times, 1919 April 11, p Events in the Punjab A Gurkha general once remarked that "every revolutionary eruption in India endeavors to establish itself in the Punjab (Woodyatt, 1922, p It was first countrywide agitation by Gandhi. He founded Satyagraha Sabha at Bombay on 24 Feb, 1919. It marked the foundation of Non-Cooperation Movement.