The Act of 1935 proposed a federation of British Indian provinces and princely states and introduced diarchy at the Centre.
A ‘Federal System’ and ‘diarchy’ in the ‘Centre’ was introduced in India by
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2013 · Topic: Act passed under the British Crown (Government of India Act 1935)
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