Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.12 Gandhi and the mass movements 1917–1922

2.12.2 Rowlatt satyagraha and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

The Rowlatt Act of March 1919 allowed detention without trial, Gandhi answered with an all-India satyagraha, and the shooting at Jallianwala Bagh on 13 April 1919 turned Indian opinion decisively against the Raj.

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Key terms

  • Rowlatt Act
  • Sedition Committee
  • Satyagraha Sabha
  • Kitchlew
  • Satyapal
  • Dyer
  • O'Dwyer
  • Hunter Committee
  • Udham Singh
  • Tagore knighthood

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