What are the salient features of the Government of India Acts of 1858
and 1909?
The important salient features of the 1858 Act were:
and 1909?
The important salient features of the 1858 Act were:
- The transfer of power from the company to crown. The administration of British was to be carried on by the Secretary of State and Governor-General.
- The post of Governor General was replaced by Viceroy.
- The salient features of the 1909 Act were
- The introduction of communal/separate electorates (for Muslims).
- Official majority was maintained in the Central Legislative Council.
- The landlords, rural nobility, nominated members of the princely states consisted the electoral college.
- An Indian was to be included in the Viceroy's Executive Council.
- The system of election introduced was to be an indirect one.
- Two Indians were to be nominated by the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs.
- The Act of 1858 was passed taking into consideration the massive revolt of 1857. The British Government now focused more on consolidation than expansion. The act of 1909 attempted to create a divide between Hindu and Muslim communities, and weaken their combined power.