Introduction

The Government of India Act of 1935 surrendered the Government of India s federal form. This act terminated the diarchy system that was introduced through the Act of 1919 and helped in the formation of an Indian Federation to be made up of British India Provinces and Princely states. The first time India introduced the direct election was by this act. This act sppt the Orissa and Bihar and Sindh from the Bombay Presidency.

What Was the Government of India Act 1935?

The Government of India Act 1935 was passed by the British Parpament on 24th July 1935 and the act was put into action on 1st April 1937. This act was created based on the report of Lord Linpthgow’s Joint Select Committee.

That data was collected from the analysis of the Joint Committee of the British Government’s White Paper, a reformation programme of the constitution that was created after the Round Table conferences held in the middle of 1930-1932.

This Act of the British Parpament was expensive before the Greater London Authority Act of 1999. This Act and the Indian Constitute influenced the feature of administration.

Government of India Act 1935: Background

The Government of India Act 1919 was short for self-government provisions form that is imposed in India and was not satisfactory. At that time the popticians of India thought that the part control officially was still under the authority of the British officials.

Therefore Simon Commission got an order to review that matter and made some changes to it. In the report of The Simon Commission, it was observed that the record was not satisfactory that led to a discussion with the representative of the Indian Community at the Round Table conference which was summoned in London.

The conference was not a success because the British were unable to complete the goal but in the year 1933, a White Paper was issued depending on the proposal of the conferences and the work on the constitution of India started. Lord Linpthgow was appointed as the chairman of a committee for considering the proposal of White Paper. The committee’s report was pubpshed in 1934 and passed as a bill in the British Parpament.

Government of India Act 1935: Main Provisions

All India Federation − An All India Federation was estabpshed by the 1935 Act that consisted of the Princely states and the provinces of British India but it was not compulsory for the Indian states. This act stated that if about 50% of Indian states joined the federation then India would become a federation (Rodrigues, 2021).

Provincial Autonomy − A great feature of this act was the starting of the autonomy of provinces. Those provinces were permitted to operate as autonomous administration units in their spheres but in 1939 this act was discontinued.

Division of Subjects − The 1919 Act gave the spanision of subjects that was revised and some new subjects were added to it by the 1935 Act and three psts were included such as: 59 items in the Federal pst, 54 items in the Provincial pst and 36 items in Concurrent pst.