With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statement

With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is/are correct?

  • 1. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee’.
  • 2. In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to utilize the Home Rule League.
  • 3. Demonstrations against the arrival of Simon Commission coincided with Rowlatt Satyagraha.

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1 only
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
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UPSC IAS – 2015
Statements 1 and 2 are correct, while statement 3 is incorrect regarding the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
The Rowlatt Act of 1919 was indeed based on the recommendations of the Sedition Committee, headed by Justice S.A.T. Rowlatt, which investigated ‘revolutionary crime’ in India (Statement 1 is correct). Mahatma Gandhi launched the Rowlatt Satyagraha against this act and utilized the widespread network and existing infrastructure of the Home Rule League to organize protests and demonstrations across India (Statement 2 is correct). The Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, almost a decade after the Rowlatt Satyagraha (1919), so demonstrations against it did not coincide with the Rowlatt Satyagraha (Statement 3 is incorrect).
The Rowlatt Act authorized the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law, which was seen as a denial of civil liberties. The protests against it were widespread and marked the beginning of a new phase of mass mobilization in the Indian independence movement under Gandhi’s leadership. The Simon Commission faced protests because it was an all-British commission tasked with reviewing the constitutional progress in India, with no Indian representation.
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