Rowlatt Act also known as Black Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 21 March 1919. It empowered the government to put anyone behind the bars without trial and conviction in court law. It basically suspended the right of Habeas Corpus. The word “Satyagraha” was used for the first time during Anti Rowlatt agitation.
Thomas Stephens was the first Englishman to reach India, at least by sea route. He sailed for India on a Portuguese ship as a Jesuit missionary on 4th April 1579 and landed at Goa six months later, on 24th october.
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