Chapter 1: Montagu, Rowlatt and Amritsar Flashcards
Who was the Secretary of State for India in 1917?
Edwin Montagu
What was the Act’s policies?
Montagu would visit India
What did Montagu want to introduce?
More self-governmance
Why was this unsuccessful?
Found British administration slow and complex in India
Where was the Rowlatt Act focused?
Bengal, Bombay and Punjab
What did the Rowlatt Act include?
Imprisonment without trial, censorship and house of arrest any revolutionary suspects
What was the reaction from different India leaders?
Every single one of the 22 Indian
members of the Indian Legislative Council opposed the measure
What triggered the violence?
Hartals and and the arrest of two organisers, Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr Satya Pal
What was the belief and reaction of Brigadier General Dyer?
Dyer led a force of some 1,000 soldiers (one-third of whom were British) into Amritsar on 12 April
Why was Amritsar busy?
The following day, 13 April, was Baisakhi Day. Thousands of pilgrims flocked into Amritsar to worship at the Golden Temple
