Mahatma Gandhi and National Movement Flashcards
Rowlatt Act
This act authorities the government to imprison any person without trial and convict him in a court. arrest of a person without warrant, restrictions on movement of individual, suspension of the right of hebeas corpus
Jallianwala bagh tragedy
In Amritsar on April 13 1919, protest against the arrest of leaders like doctor satya pal. It had only one exit its order three side are enclosed by buildings. general Dyer surrounded the bagh with his soldiers after closing the exit, with his troops and he ordered them to shoot at a crowd until their ammunition was exhausted.
what did rabindranath tagore do
rabindranath tagore expressed his pain and anger of the country by renouncing his knighthood
Khalifat movement
Turkey was defeated and the Ottoman Empire was divided the Sultan of Turkey was a fallen for deprived of all authority and was looked upon by large sectors of Muslims as a religious head they felt that any weakening of the caliph position would adversely affect the position of the Muslim
The khilfatists three point program
The Ottoman caliph must retained his empire, the caliph if must be left with sufficient territory to enable him to defeat the Islamic faith, the arab lands must remain under the Muslim rule
Chauri Chaura
A village in Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh, 3 thousand peasants marched to the police station to protest against the police officers who had beaten some volunteers for picketing a liquor shop. the police fired at the pieces which infuriated them and they set the nearby police station on fire killing 22 policemen who are inside it
Dandi march
Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a village on the Gujarat Sea coast. gandhiji violated salt laws at Gandhi but picking up some salt left by the sea waves. according to the law only the government had a monopoly to manufacture and sell salt.
Gandhi Irwin Pact
Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions, release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence, permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign clothes shops, restored a confiscated properties of the satyagrahis, permit a free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the Sea coast.
