Government of India Act 1935

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The Government of India Act 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 42) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially reorganised the government of British India. It ended diarchy in the provinces and introduced a greater measure of provincial autonomy, provided for direct elections and expanded the electorate from about five million to 35 million people. It also provided for an all-India federation comprising the British Indian provinces and participating princely states, reorganised several provinces, separated Burma and Aden from India, and established the Federal Court of India. The provincial autonomy created by the Act was limited by extensive reserve powers retained by the British-appointed governors and the Governor-General, while defence, foreign affairs and important financial matters remained under British control. The proposed federation never came into operation because the required princely states did not accede; the provincial provisions took effect in 1937, when...

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