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Explanation

• The Rowlatt Satyagraha was a national protest against Rowlatt Act introduced in 1919.
• The Rowlatt Act was passed on 6th February 1919.
• Rowlatt Satyagraha was founded in 1919 by Mahatma Gandhi.
• Gandhiji became a true national leader as a result of the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
• The Rowlatt Act gave the British government the ability to arrest and imprison anyone for no cause.
• The Rowlatt Act was officially known as the "anarchical and revolutionary offenses act."
• Gandhiji referred to the Rowlatt Act as a "black act."
• On April 6, 1919, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to fight the Rowlatt Act and issued a call for satyagraha.
• The British viceroy who approved the Rowlatt Act was Lord Chelmsford.