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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. The Rowlatt Act 1919 was a repressive British law in India granting the government sweeping powers to arrest and detain individuals without trial. Enactment of the Rowlatt Act led to the first complete all-India anti-colonial uprising against British Empire. Know more about Rowlatt Act 1919, Meaning, Provisions, Rowlatt Satyagraha. 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.
