Question
Explain any three measures taken by the British government to repress the movement started against the Rowlatt Act.
Solution
The following are the measures adopted by the British Government to repress the
movement started against the Rowlatt Act:
i. Fearing that railway and telegraph lines might be cut by those protesting the Act, the
Government unleashed harsher than usual measures to suppress the movement.
ii. Local leaders were imprisoned and Gandhi was prohibited from entering Delhi. On
10th April 1919, the police fired upon a peaceful procession in Amritsar.
iii. This action of the Government resulted in attacks on banks, post offices and railway
stations. Martial law was soon imposed and General Dyer took over the command.
