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- Rowlatt Satyagraha was a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act (1919).
- It was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919.
- Rowlatt satyagraha made Gandhiji a truly national leader.
- The Rowlatt Act empowered the British government to arrest any person without reason and imprison without trial.
- The official name of the Rowlatt act was "anarchical and revolutionary crimes act".
- Rowlatt act was passed on 6th February 1919.
- Gandhiji called Rowlatt Act as "black act".
- Mahatma Gandhi decided to fight against the Rowlatt Act and he gave a call for satyagraha on 6th April 1919.
- Lord Chelmsford was the British viceroy who gave the consent to the Rowlatt act.
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