{"id":2631,"date":"2025-05-05T21:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:16:25","slug":"q-with-reference-to-rowlatt-satyagraha-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-rowlatt-satyagraha-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is\/are correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the \u2018Sedition Committee\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to Utilize the Home Rule League.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrations against the arrival of Simon Commission coincided with Rowlatt Satyagraha.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) 1 and 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rowlatt Satyagraha was one of the\u00a0<strong>first movements launched by Mahatma Gandhi,<\/strong>\u00a0after his arrival in India. It began\u00a0<strong>in 1919 in Mumbai City, Maharashtra<\/strong>, against the oppressive\u00a0<strong>Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919<\/strong>, popularly known as the\u00a0<strong>Rowlatt Act.<\/strong>\u00a0The Act was based on the recommendations of the\u00a0<strong>Sedition Committee headed by Sir Sidney Rowlatt.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was a\u00a0<strong>legislative council act\u00a0<\/strong>passed by the\u00a0<strong>Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919<\/strong>, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of\u00a0<strong>preventive indefinite detention, imprisonment without trial and judicial review\u00a0<\/strong>enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915 during the First World War.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was enacted in the light of a\u00a0<strong>perceived threat from revolutionary nationalists<\/strong>\u00a0of re-engaging in similar conspiracies as had occurred during the war which the Government felt the lapse of the Defence of India Act would enable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Rowlatt-Satyagraha.jpg\" alt=\"The Rowlatt Satyagraha\" class=\"wp-image-51741\" style=\"width:442px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Modern Indian History 2015 1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rowlatt Act 1919 Features<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The British government was concerned about the\u00a0<strong>threat of terrorism and revolutionary activity<\/strong>, and the Rowlatt Act was seen as a way to suppress these threats.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The draconian Act\u00a0<strong>suspended basic civil liberties.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It enabled\u00a0<strong>detention without trial for up to 2 years\u00a0<\/strong>of purported political agitators.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No appeal was allowed a<\/strong>gainst such administrative detention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It authorised\u00a0<strong>camera trials without juries\u00a0for sedition cases<\/strong>, severely compromising judicial transparency and fairness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tighter censorship<\/strong>,\u00a0control of extremist publications and restrictions on public gatherings were introduced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Simon Commission<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Government of India Act, 1919 had a provision that a commission would be appointed\u00a0<strong>ten years from the date to study the progress of the government scheme\u00a0<\/strong>and suggest new steps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An all-white, seven-member Indian Statutory Commission, popularly known as the Simon Commission (after the name of its chairman, Sir John Simon), was set up by the British government under Stanley Baldwin\u2019s prime ministership\u00a0<strong>on November 8, 1927.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The commission was to recommend to the British government whether India was ready for further constitutional reforms and along what lines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hunter Commission<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On October 14, 1919,\u00a0the Hunter Commission(The Disorders Inquiry Committee) was set up\u00a0<strong>to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre<\/strong>. Dyer defended his excessive actions, claiming that it was necessary to punish defiance and violence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decision:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Hunter report criticised Brig. General Dyer\u2019s actions as unjustified<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was<strong>\u00a0forced to resign, but\u00a0no serious penalties<\/strong>\u00a0were imposed on him and other perpetrators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below. 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