In year 1919 the British government passed a new rule called Rowlatt act ,under which the government had the authority and power to arrest people and keep them in prison without any trial if they are suspended with the charge of territory.
(i) In the year 1919, the British Government passed a new rule called Rowlatt Act, under which the Government had the authority and power to arrest people and keep them in prisons without any trial if they are suspected with the charge of terrorism.
(ii) Mahatma Gandhi was extremely agitated by enactment of Rowlatt Act. He was extremely critical about the act and argued that everyone cannot be punished for isolated political crime.
(iii) The Act was ill famed as 'Black Act' by the people and Indians revolt in protest against the Rowlatt Act.
