Consider the following statements : 1. Gandhiji launched the Rowlatt Satyagraha in 1919 because of the British measures to impose censorship on the Press. 2. Gandhiji launched the Rowlatt Satyagraha because of the British policy of permitted detention without trial. 3. The Rowlatt Act was restricted to Bombay and Madras Presidency. 4. The agitation against the Rowlatt Act reached climax with the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar. Which of the statements given above are correct?

The Rowlatt Satyagraha was launched by Gandhiji in 1919 to protest the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act. Statement 1 is correct as the Act continued wartime measures that included censorship of the press [2]. Statement 2 is correct because the Act's most notorious provision allowed the government to detain political prisoners without trial for up to two years [3]. Statement 3 is incorrect; the Act was not restricted to Bombay and Madras but extended to the whole of British India. Statement 4 is correct as the nationwide agitation and subsequent government clampdown led directly to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar on April 13, 1919 [1]. Consequently, statements 1, 2, and 4 are accurate, making option 3 the correct choice.

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1. [2] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART III, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 11: MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT > 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation > p. 289
2. [1] India and the Contemporary World – II. History-Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 2: Nationalism in India > 1.2 The Rowlatt Act > p. 31
3. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowlatt_Act