Q. Consider the following statements about Rowlatt Act 1919:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q. Consider the following statements about Rowlatt Act 1919:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The correct option is D 1, 2 and 3
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: The Rowlatt committee was a Sedition Committee appointed in 1918 by the British Indian Government with Sir Sidney Rowlatt, an English judge, as its president. The act was based on the recommendation of this committee.
Statement 2 is correct: After the failure of constitutional protest against the Rowlatt Act, Mahatma Gandhi organized a Satyagraha Sabha Sarvadharma Prarthana Sabha (prayer meeting for all religions) & roped in younger members of Home Rule Leagues & the Pan Islamists.
Statement 3 is correct: According to this act any Indian could be arrested on the charge of sedition even on suspicious ground & without any trial could be jailed for up to 2 years. Thus suspended the right of “habeas corpus” which is the foundation of civil liberty The act allowed political activists to be tried without juries or even imprisoned without trial.
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: The Rowlatt committee was a Sedition Committee appointed in 1918 by the British Indian Government with Sir Sidney Rowlatt, an English judge, as its president. The act was based on the recommendation of this committee.
Statement 2 is correct: After the failure of constitutional protest against the Rowlatt Act, Mahatma Gandhi organized a Satyagraha Sabha Sarvadharma Prarthana Sabha (prayer meeting for all religions) & roped in younger members of Home Rule Leagues & the Pan Islamists.
Statement 3 is correct: According to this act any Indian could be arrested on the charge of sedition even on suspicious ground & without any trial could be jailed for up to 2 years. Thus suspended the right of “habeas corpus” which is the foundation of civil liberty The act allowed political activists to be tried without juries or even imprisoned without trial.
