Consider the following statements about the Rowlatt Satyagraha. (1) The Rowlatt Act authorized the British Government to arrest and imprison any Indian without trial. (2) In April 1917, Gandhiji gave a call for a satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act. Which of the above given statements is/are correct?
1 only
The Rowlatt Act (Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act) was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in March 1919, on the recommendations of the Sedition Committee headed by Justice Sidney Rowlatt.
Statement (1) is correct: the Act allowed the government to arrest suspects and keep them in prison without trial for up to two years, and to try cases without the usual right of appeal — hence it was called the 'Black Act'.
Statement (2) is incorrect: Gandhiji called for a nationwide satyagraha and hartal against the Act in April 1919 (the hartal was observed on 6 April 1919), not in April 1917. In 1917 Gandhiji was leading the Champaran Satyagraha.
So only statement (1) is correct.
Hence, the answer is 1 only.
Important Questions from National movement (1919 - 1939)
Chauri Chaura incident occurred in which year ______.
Match the following events of 1920 with their dates before the Non- Co-operation Movement.
a. Political Conference of Raipur i. April 1920 b. Anti Rowlatt Act Black
Day in Bilaspurii. September 1920 c. First Labour Movement started
in Rajnandgaoniii. 17 March 1920 d. Meeting of leaders of Dhamtari
in Kandel Villageiv. 20 March 1920 Consider the following statements :
1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21.
2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Arrange the following events in chronological order:
1. Gandhi-Irwin agreement
2. Poona Pact
3. Declaration of complete National Independence
4. Civil Disobedience Campaign
Codes:
Edwin Montagu, the Secretary of State, and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy, produced their scheme of constitutional reforms which led to the enactment of the Government of India Act of ____________.
