Rowlatt Acts Flashcards
When was the Rowlatt Act?
March 1919
Why did the Gov of India appoint Mr Rowlatt?
He was afraid that economic + political turbulence was fueling a potentially dangerous situation for the Raj
What did Rowlatt do?
Headed the Rowlatt Commission that was to investigate revolutionary conspiracies
What did the Rowlatt Commission report in July 1918?
Their report isolated Bengal, Bombay, and Punjab as the centres of revolutionary activity
What did the Rowlatt Act conclude of?
Imprisonment without trial, Trial by judges without a jury, censorship, house arrests of suspects
What was the Rowlatt Act AKA?
Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act
What did Montagu make clear?
That the act was extremely offensive
Who opposed the measure?
22 Indian members of the Indian Legislative Council
Who were the Indian members outvoted by?
The appointed officials
Who resigned from the council after the Act?
Muslim Leader, Jinnah and several of his colleagues
Who did Jinnah furiously write a letter to?
Chelmsford
What was stated in Jinnah’s letter?
The Raj was neither responsible to the people nor in touch with Indian public opinion
What happened in 1922?
The Act was repealed, but the damage had been done.
How had damage been done?
Raj was seen as duplicitous;
Supported the Montagu Declaration on one hand,
whilst reacting to potential trouble with violence/repression
