Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919
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Study materialRowlatt Act 1919 and Jallianwala Bagh MassacreThe Rowlatt Act (1919) empowered British authorities to imprison Indians without trial for up to two years, provoking nationwide protests that culminated in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (13 April 1919) in which General Dyer ordered troops to fire on an unarmed crowd, killing at least 379 and transforming Indian politics permanently. Study materialNon-Cooperation Movement 1920–1922: Gandhi's First Mass CampaignNon-Cooperation Movement of 1920–1922 was India's first true mass nationalist campaign — launched by Mahatma Gandhi in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the betrayal of the Khilafat cause...