Question

What was the Rowlatt act? What led to enforce this act in India?


pls tell the answers of both the parts ..

Answer 1

Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919), legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial. Their object was to replace the repressive provisions of the wartime Defence of India Act (1915) by a permanent law. They were based on the report of Justice S.A.T. Rowlatt’s committee of 1918.

Answer 2

Rowlatt act was a act in any Indian can trail for two years without any reason