the british started the rowlatt act in 1919
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Curb People's Participation in the Nationalist Movement
controlled and silenced the press arrested people who might have committed treason imprisoned political activists
The most direct effect of the British needing money to pay for the cost of the French and Indian War was to pass the Stamp Act to raise money.
The attack on Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 was ordered by Brigadier General Reginald Dyer. In response to a peaceful gathering protesting the repressive Rowlatt Act, Dyer's troops opened fire on the crowd, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries. This event is considered a significant turning point in the Indian independence movement, highlighting the brutality of British colonial rule.
The Rowlatt act was passed by the British in order to suppress nationalists who refused to be satisfied by official reforms and to keep a check on revolutionary terrorism.
why were the indians against the rowlatt act?
Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act passed.
the act of rowlatt contributed to national independence for India by given the Indian people a right to have fare mitigation in the government instead of a monarchy.
The Rowlatt Act was were laws that allowed the government to jail protestors without a trial for as long as two years.
The Rowlatt Act was were laws that allowed the government to jail protestors without a trial for as long as two years.
The measures the Rowlatt Act introduced are emergency measures to deal with revolutionary activities.
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1919
Mary Rowlatt has written: 'A Family in Egypt' -- subject(s): British, Social life and customs
lord reading
On March 1919