ICSE-X-History
08: Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement
- #3Which Act is referred as Black Act? Why?Ans : Rowlatt Act: On April 6, 1919, a nation wide hartal against the Act was observed. The Rowlatt Act was passed by the British government in March 1919. To control the public unrest the police could search a place and arrest any person without warrant, wherein the right of Habeas Corpus was suspended. It legalized trials of political offenders by judges in seclusion. Banned demonstrations and meetings. Gandhi described the Rowlatt Act as 'destructive to the elementary rights of an individual'. He called upon the people to do Satyagraha, i.e., to disobey the law without resorting to violence. It was referred as Black Act.