Explain any three measures taken by the British administration to repress the movement started against the ‘Rowlatt Act’.
OUTSIDE DELHI - SET 1 2013
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British officials were alarmed by the popular upsurge:
- The fear that the lines of communication, such as railways and telegraph, might get disrupted, the British Government started even stronger repressive measures.
- Local leaders were picked up. Gandhiji was barred from entering Delhi. On 10th April, 1919 the police in Amritsar fired upon a peaceful procession.
- This provoked widespread attacks on banks, post offices and railway stations. Martial law was imposed and General Dyer took command.
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