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*Justice Sidney Rowlatt became the president of Rowlatt Committee.
*The Rowlatt Act is described a preventive murder by Disraeli
*Lord Chelmsford, the British Viceroy, gave the consent to the Act.
Jalian Walabagh Massacre - 1919
*Jalian Walabagh Tragedy took place at Amritsar (Punjab) on 13th April 1919.
*The protest against the Rowlatt Act led to the massacre of Jalianwala Bagh.
*The British officer General Dyer gave order to the troops for firing;
*Michael O’ Dyer was the governor of Punjab during the Jalian Walabagh Massacre.
*Michael O’Dyer was killed by great patriot Udham Singh.
*Udham Singh was hanged on 31st July 1940.
*Hunter Committee was appointed to enquire about the Jalian Walabagh Massacre.
*After Independence, a Jalian Walabagh memorial trust was established and the bagh has been transformed in to a memorial garden.
Rare fact
*Crawling order of British Government is related to
Ans : Jalian Walabagh Massacre
Protest against Jalianwala Bagh
*Rabindra Nath Tagore, renounced his knighthood in protest against the Jalian Walabagh Tragedy,
*Gandhiji renounced the title Kaiser-i-Hind.
*Sarojini Naidu renounced the title Kai-ser-i- Hind.
*C. Sankaran Nair resigned from
Non Co-operation Movement -1920
*Non Co-operation Movement is the first mass political movement under Gandhiji.
*Non co-operation movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.
*Calcutta session of I.N.C. passed the resolution of Non co-operation Movement.
*The attainment of ‘ Swaraj ’ or self government by peaceful means was the main goal of Non co-operation movement.
*The educational institutions such as Jamiya Milliyalslamiya, Kashi Vidhyapeeth, Gujarath-Vidhyapeeth, Bihar Vidyapeeth etc. were established.
*The Non Co-operation Movement was called off by Gandhiji because of mob violence at Chauri-Chaura.
