Rowlatt act: Was passed by the British

Rowlatt Act was passed by the British government in 1919 to prevent revolutionary activities by Indians after World War I. The Rowlatt Act was a set of legislative measures enacted by the British colonial government to clamp down on nationalist movements in India. It allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and suspects to be detained without a trial. The Rowlatt Act , an expansion of the Defence of India Act (1915), was enacted in response to the threat in Punjab and Bengal, based on the committee’s recommendations.