Towards Autonomy · 2 August 1935
Government of India Act 1935
Introduced provincial autonomy and created new provinces, including Odisha (1 April 1936) and Sind.
Causes
- Round Table Conferences
- Pressure from Civil Disobedience
Consequences
- 1937 elections; Congress ministries in eight provinces
- Odisha formed as a separate province
Significance
Provided much of the framework for the later Constitution.
People
Key terms
Sources
- Bipan Chandra et al., India's Struggle for Independence (Penguin, 1988)
- Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885–1947 (Macmillan, 1983)