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Amritsar and Our Duty to India

1920

Finally the rumblings of a threatened mutiny in the Indian Civil Service and the bitter agitation of the EurOpean community against the ' Reforms were crowned by the obvious intention of the Government of India to attempt to have them whittled down. [...] PART II THE ROWLATT BILLS AND THE AGITATIONCHAPTER V rtRTBIN OF THE ROWLATT LEGISLATION denlidg with the agitation which was produced by the introduction of the Rowlatt Bills and which came to a head on the passing of the second but the more important of them into law it is necessary to offer first a brief account 75f* the measures 'why thiy were brought in. and why the pgople of India regarded [...] The legal annals of Bengal contain the records/ of cases during the years from 1908 to 1914 which were abortive on account of the blundering and ilconceived methods of the police themstives in spite of the fact that an Act was passed for the removal of such cases to special tribunals coposed of three High Court Judges. [...] The law-breaker breaks the law surreptitiou4ly and tries to avoid the penalty ; not so the civil resiappe.' He evqr obeys the laws of the State to which 11 belongs not out of fear of the sanctions but because he considers them to be hood for the welfare of society. [...] When the news of the arrest was carried to the city a small crowd marched to the station and demanded the release of the two men.
history
Pages
230
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142213
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-6 B.G. Horniman view
Introduction
7-14 unknown view
Part I Causes of Unrest
15-38 unknown view
Part II The rowlatt bills and the agitation
39-82 unknown view
Part III The Disturbances and Their Cause
83-106 unknown view
Part IV The six weeks terror
107-162 unknown view
Part V Responsibility
163-196 unknown view
Backmatter
i-xxx unknown view

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