Q9 of 40 Page 1

Explain any three measures taken by the British administration to repress the movement started against the ‘Rowlatt Act’.

Measures by British to repress Rowlatt satyagraha:

1. British decided to stop the nationalists. Local leaders of Amritsar were arrested.


2. Mahatma Gandhi was ordered not to enter Delhi.


3. Martial law was imposed after protests in Amritsar. On 13 April, the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre happened on the orders of General Dyer.


Explanation: British were afraid of the administration going out of hand so they repressed the movement brutally. After the Jallianwalla Bagh protests, they even humiliated Indians.


More from this chapter

All 40 →
7

Which body supervises the functioning of formal sources of loans?

 8

Hallmark is the certification maintained for standardization of which type of products?

 10

Which were the two types of demands mentioned by Gandhiji in his letter to Viceroy Irwin on 31st January 1930? Why was the abolition of ‘salt tax’ most stirring demand? Explain.

 11

Why was the decade of the 1830s known as great economic hardship in Europe? Explain any three reasons.

Or


Why was the ‘Tonkin School’ started in Vietnam? Explain any three reasons.