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 Causes of non cooperation movement are:- The First World War, The Lucknow Pact, The Home Rule Leagues, The August Declaration 1917, The Rowlatt Act,1919 , The Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy and lastly the Khilafat Movement.
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 measures the Rowlatt Act introduced are emergency measures to deal with revolutionary activities.
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.
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Mary Rowlatt has written: 'A Family in Egypt' -- subject(s): British, Social life and customs
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