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  2. File:Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms (Montagu ...

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    This file is licensed under the United Kingdom Open Government Licence v3.0.: You are free to: copy, publish, distribute and transmit the Information; adapt the Information; ...

  3. Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms - Wikipedia

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    The reforms were outlined in the Montagu–Chelmsford Report, prepared in 1918, and formed the basis of the Government of India Act 1919. The constitutional reforms were considered by Indian nationalists not to go far enough though British conservatives were critical of them. The important features of this act were that:

  4. Simon Commission - Wikipedia

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    The commission was constituted because at the time of introducing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms in 1919, the British Government had declared that a commission would be sent to India after ten years to examine the effects and operations of the constitutional reforms and to suggest further reforms.

  5. List of amendments of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    'Kerala land reform acts' and amendments to these act placed under Schedule 9 of the constitution. 30th: Amend article 133. [36] 9 June 1972 Change the basis for appeals in Supreme Court of India in case of Civil Suits from value criteria to one involving substantial question of law. 31st: Amend articles 81, 330 and 332. [37] 17 October 1973

  6. Government of India Act 1919 - Wikipedia

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    The Government of India Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 101) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India. The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of the Secretary of State for India, Edwin Montagu, and the Viceroy, Chelmsford. The Act covered ten ...

  7. Hyderabad State Congress - Wikipedia

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    The Nizam appointed a fresh Constitutional Reforms Committee in September 1937. However, the gagging orders of the 1920s remained curtailing the freedom of press and restrictions on public speeches and meetings. In response, a 'Hyderabad People's Convention' was created, with a working committee of 23 leading Hindus and 5 Muslims.

  8. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The conference appointed a committee under Motilal Nehru to create a constitution for India. The Kolkata session of the Indian National Congress asked the British government to accord India dominion status by December 1929, or face a countrywide civil disobedience movement.

  9. Indian Councils Act 1909 - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Councils Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7.c. 4), commonly known as the Morley–Minto or Minto–Morley Reforms, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought about a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in the governance of British India.