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'''The Amritsar Massacre''' was an attack on Indian crowds by the British army in 1919 in [[Amritsar]], [[India]], killing hundreds of protesters. <ref>http://www.amritsar.com/Jallian%20Wala%20Bagh.shtml</ref>

'''The Amritsar Massacre''' was an attack on Indian crowds by the British army in 1919 in [[Amritsar]], [[India]], killing hundreds of protesters.<ref>http://www.amritsar.com/Jallian%20Wala%20Bagh.shtml</ref>

In 1919, worried by the disturbances provoked by economic discontent, the viceroy’s legislative council passed the Rowlatt Acts. These continued for three more years the repressive powers of the Defense of India Act, passed to help fight the World War, which had now ended. The Rowlatt Acts were opposed by every Indian member of the legislative council, and only went through because British officials still formed a majority of councillors. Gandhi called for resistance through "satyagraha" (non-violence), through a national strike or hartal (“lock market”). In Punjab, a tense climate arising from economic troubles and communal hostility resulted both in widespread observance of the hartal and in rioting.

In 1919, worried by the disturbances provoked by economic discontent, the viceroy’s legislative council passed the Rowlatt Acts. These continued for three more years the repressive powers of the Defense of India Act, passed to help fight the World War, which had now ended. The Rowlatt Acts were opposed by every Indian member of the legislative council, and only went through because British officials still formed a majority of councillors. Gandhi called for resistance through "satyagraha" (non-violence), through a national strike or hartal (“lock market”). In Punjab, a tense climate arising from economic troubles and communal hostility resulted both in widespread observance of the hartal and in rioting.

[[Category:Indian History]]

[[Category:Indian History]]

[[category:British Empire]]

[[Category:British Empire]]