Multiple choice

Which important event immediately preceded the Jalianwala Bagh massacre?

  1. Communal Award

  2. Arrival of Simon Commission

  3. Non-Co-operation Movement

  4. Rowlatt Act enactment

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Explanation

The Rowlatt Act (1919) immediately preceded the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (April 13, 1919). The act sparked nationwide protests, and in response to these protests in Amritsar, General Dyer ordered the firing. The Simon Commission arrived in 1928, the Non-Cooperation Movement began in 1920, and the Communal Award was in 1932.

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