| | interference in religious matters. |
| The Indian Council | Provided  that there was no difference between the central & provincial |
| Act 1861 | subjects. The number of additional members in the council was fixed between |
| | four to eight. The Act also provided the Madras & Bombay governments the |
| | right to make laws. |
| Morley Minto | The number of members in the Imperial Legislative Council was raised to 69 |
| Reforms 1909 | out of which 37 were to be govt nominees & 32 non-govt. The non-govt |
| | nominees comprised 5 members nominated by the governor general & 27 |
| | elected members (13 represented Maharajas, 6 land lords, 6 muslims & 2 |
| | Chambers of Commerce in Bengal & Bombay). |
| Montagu-Chelmsford | Setup a bifurcated legislature consisting of two houses ie the Council of States |
| Reforms 1919. | & the Central Legislative Assembly, in place of former Imperial Coucil |
| | consisting of only one house. Some of the functions of the Secretary of State |
| | were taken from him & given to the high commissioner for Inida who was to |
| | be appointed & paid by the government of India. For the first time the King’s |
| | Council was established. The ambit of communal electorates was exapned to |
| | give representation to the Sikhs, Anglo Indians, Europeans & Christians |
| | alongwith the Muslims. The representation of Indians was increased in both |
| | the central as well as provincial legislatures. |
| Govt of India Act | Contained 451 articles. It was to have two chambers, the council of state & the |
| 1935 | federal assembly. The Indian council was abolished. Expanded communal |
| | representation. Decided to establish a federation of India consisting of |
| | Governor’s provinces & princely states. It was compulsory for the governor’s |
| | provinces to accede to the proposed federation, whereas in the case of princely |
| | states, it was voluntary. All constituent parts of the federation were to have full |
| | interinal autonomy. To implement the act it was proposed to establish a federal |
| | executive & a federal legislature. Under the act, dyarchy in the provinces |
| | earlier established by the act of 1919 was replaced by Provincial Autonomy. |
| | The distinction between reserved subjects & transferred subjects was |
| | abolished. Burma was separated from India. The governor was not bound to |
| | accept the advice of council of ministers. |
