Q53
Indian National MovementBritish Policy, Acts & Constitutional Reforms
The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
- a.1917
- b.1919
- c.1921
- d.1923
Answer: (B) 1919
The Rowlatt Act, which extended wartime emergency powers allowing detention without trial, was passed in March 1919 and directly triggered widespread protests, culminating in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre the following month.