What is Government of India Act 1935?
{{npov|date=May 2016}} The '''Government of India Act 1935''' was the last [[constitution]] of [[British India]] which split Burma from it. It lasted until 1947, when British territory was split into [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]. Features of the act: * Detailed document with 321 sections and 10 schedules. * Divided powers between the Centre and units in terms of 3 lists: Federal list (59 items), Provincial list (54 items) and Concurrent list (36 items). * Gave Indian provinces much less independence. * Provision for the establishment of an All India Federation at the center, consisting of Provinces of British India and the Princely states. * For the first time direct elections were introduced. Women were also allowed to vote. * [[:en:Sind_Province_(1936–55)|Sindh]] was separated from [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]], [[Odisha|Orissa]] was separated from [[Bihar]], and [[Burma]] was separated from [[India]]. The number of provinces were increased to eleven by giving North West Frontier Province (NWFP) the status of fully-fledged province and creating two new provinces, Orissa and Sindh. * The System of [[Diarchy]] was dropped at the provincial level but introduced at the central government level. * Two Houses of Parliament at central government level were introduced with Council of State being the [[Upper house|Upper House]] and Assembly being the Lower House. * Special Responsibilities and Safeguards vested in British Executive power in London * Introduced the [[Reserve Bank of India|Reserve bank of India]] to look after the cash flow and printing processes == Background == Despite the failure of round table conferences, in March 1933 the British government announced its proposals for how India should be governed. These were published in a 'white paper' (a discussion issued before a Bill is presented to the British parliament). After discussions by the British politicians and consultation with Indian delegates, nominated by the government to take part in the talks, a Bill was introduced before the British parliame