- Provincial LC enlarged. More elected members
- Dyarchy
- Some subjects were reserved and remained under the direct control of the Governor; others such as education, public health and local self-government were called transferred subjects and were to be controlled by the ministers responsible to the legislature.
- At the centre, there were two houses of legislature.
- Response of nationalists
- INC condemned the reforms as disappointing and unsatisfactory
- Some others , led by Surendranath Banerjea, were in favour of accepting the government proposals. They left the Congress at this time and founded the Indian Liberal Federation
- Evaluation
- The governor could overrule the ministers on any grounds that he considered special
- The legislature had virtually no control over the Governor-General and his Executive Council.
The central government had unrestricted control over the provincial governments
Rowlatt Act
- March 1919
- It authorized the Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law.
IMPORTANT NOTE
SSC MASTERS will come out with more such initiatives to provide a level-playing field to aspirants who
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