Modern Indian History

Rowlatt Act, Rowlatt Satyagraha and Jallianwala Bagh 1919

• Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act 1919 on the Sedition (Rowlatt) Committee's report: detention without trial, summary trials, in-camera proceedings
• Satyagraha Sabha, all-India hartal 6 April 1919, use of Home Rule League networks, first all-India mass action, Gandhi's Himalayan miscalculation
• Arrest of Kitchlew and Satyapal, 13 April 1919 Amritsar, General Dyer, martial law, Hunter Committee and the Congress inquiry, Tagore renounces knighthood