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Revision note: Historical Background: Company Rule to the Government of India Act 1935

  • 1773 Regulating Act: Governor-General of Bengal (Hastings); Supreme Court at Calcutta (1774)
  • 1784 Pitt's India Act: Board of Control; double government
  • 1833: Governor-General of India (Bentinck); Company becomes administrative body
  • 1853: legislative and executive separated; open competition for civil services
  • 1858: Crown rule; Viceroy (Canning); Secretary of State
  • 1861: Indians nominated; ordinances; portfolio system
  • 1909 Morley–Minto: separate electorates for Muslims
  • 1919 Mont–Ford: provincial dyarchy; bicameral Centre; PSC (1926)
  • 1935: All-India Federation, 3 lists, provincial autonomy, Federal Court, RBI
  • 1947 Independence Act: two dominions; Constituent Assembly sovereign
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