Why did Gandhiji decide to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act 1919? Explain any three reasons.

Withdrawal of Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922:  (i) Gandhiji felt the movement was turning violent in many places.  (ii) A clash took place at Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh.  (iii) A group of...

After arriving India, Mahatma Gandhi successfully organized Satyagraha Movement in various places : (i) In 1915, he traveled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive...

Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act:  (i) The Rowlatt Act had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of the...

The Rowlatt Act of 1919 was opposed in the following manner: (i) Rallies were organized in various cities. (ii) Workers went on strike in railway workshops. (iii) Shops were closed down. It was in...

(c) Gandhi ji returned from South Africa in 1915 and in 1917 he launched his first successful Satyagraha in Champaran in Bihar against the indigo planters at the request of...

(b) Montagu-Chelmsford or Montford Reforms which were announced in July, 1918 in line with the government policy contained in Montagu's statement (August, 1917) formed the basis of GIA, 1919.

(c) Lord Chelmsford (1916–1921) was governor general when the Rowlatt Act was passed in March, 1919.

(c) It was passed in March 1919, even though every single Indian member of the Central legislative council opposed it. It became a reason for Jallianwala Bagh tragedy of Amritsar...

(b) The act had provisions of imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial.

(b) The Rowlatt committee was a Sedition Committee appointed in 1918 by the British Indian Government with Mr Justice Rowlatt, an English judge, as its president. The purpose of the...