Which of the following was not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1919?
The Government of India Act, 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms) introduced a bicameral legislature at the Centre (the Council of State and the Central Legislative Assembly),…
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Which of the following was not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1919?
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The Government of India Act, 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms) introduced a bicameral legislature at the Centre (the Council of State and the Central Legislative Assembly), provided for an elected majority in the Legislative Assembly, and extended separate communal electorates to the Sikhs. Enabling Legislative Councils to move resolutions on the Budget had already been introduced earlier by the Indian Councils Act of 1909 (Morley-Minto Reforms).
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