Question

Which of the following statement(s) is/are not true about the Rowlatt Act?

• A. Rowlatt Act was nicknamed Black Act.
• B. It supressed individual freedom and freedom of speech.
• C. It was the brain child of Rowlatt.
• D. Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1918.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1918.

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1919. According to this act, any suspicious person could be arrested and jailed without trial. Gandhiji called it a ‘Black Act’. Motilal Nehru considered it as ‘snatching away of argument, appeal and advocacy’. Gandhi called for a nationwide hartal on 6 April 1919 called the ‘Rowlatt Satyagraha’.