Government of India Act

The term Government of India Act refers to several Acts passed by the British Parliament to regulate the government of British India, in particular:

Government of India Act 1833 (also known as the Charter Act 1833), which created a Governor-General of India
Government of India Act 1858, under which India became a formal Crown colony and the British government took over administrative functions from the British East India Company, following the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857
Government of India Act 1919, which transferred leigislative power from the Governor-General of India to an Indian Legslature as a step towards self-government
Government of India Act 1935, which proposed a federal structure for Indian government which, in the event, never came into operation, although it was adopted as the basic constitutional structure of India and Pakistan following Partition

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