Satyagraha Sabha was founded by Mahatma Gandhi against which of the following Acts?
A. Government of India Act, 1935
B. Rowlatt Act, 1919
C. Official Secret Act, 1923
D. The Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer:B
Satyagraha Sabha was founded by Mahatma Gandhi against which of the following Acts?
A. Government of India Act, 1935 B. Rowlatt Act, 1919 C. Official Secret Act, 1923 D. The Indian Councils Act, 1909
Explanation: Along with other nationalists, Gandhi was also aroused by the Rowlatt Act. In February 1919, he founded the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Act and thus to court arrest and imprisonment. Here was a new method of struggle. The nationalist movement, whether under the Moderate or Extremist leadership, had hitherto confined its struggle to agitation. Big meetings and demonstrations, refusal to cooperate with the Government, boycott of foreign cloth and schools, or individual acts of terrorism were the only forms of political work known to the nationalists. Satyagraha immediately raised the movement to a new higher level. Nationalists could now act in place of giving only verbal expression to their dissatisfaction and anger. The National Congress was now to become an organisation for political action.