Question

Write a short note on the Rowlatt Satyagraha.

Answer 1

Instructions: The answer to this question should mention about the Rowlatt Act and the initiation of the Rowlatt Satyagraha by Gandhiji.

Solution: The Rowlatt Act curtailed the freedom of expression and strengthened the power of the police. To protest against it, Gandhi asked the Indians to observe 6th April, 1919 as a day of “humiliation and prayer”and hartal.

The Rowlatt Satyagraha was the first all-India struggle against the British government. In April 1919, several demonstrations and hartals were carried out, which were brutally repressed by the British. The Jallianwala Bagh atrocities in Amritsar on April 13, 1919, was also a part of this suppression. The Rowlatt Satyagraha witnessed a united effort by the Hindus and the Muslims against the oppression of the British.