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The tough wartime measures continued in 1919 on the advice of a committee chaired by whom?
ASir Sidney Rowlatt
BLord Irwin of Delhi
CSir Stafford Cripps
DLord Willingdon
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sir Sidney Rowlatt
1. The Great War had brought press censorship and detention.
2. Rowlatt's committee recommended continuing them.
3. Gandhi called a countrywide satyagraha.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 13, Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond._
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