The question (12 marks)
Consider the following proposition and evaluate it: "The Government of India Act 1919 made the Government of India Act 1935 inevitable. Dyarchy could not have worked, its failure was the sole reason a further constitution was required, and everything between the two statutes was therefore of no consequence." Answer by arguing from the sequence of events between the two Acts. (12 marks)
MU Module III, Government of India Act 1919 to the Act of 1935; pack ch. 03.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 3 · The Freedom Struggle and Constitutional Developments, 1885–1935 of History.
Authorities you will need
- The August Declaration of 1917
- Government of India Act 1919
- The Rowlatt Act 1919
- The Rowlatt Act 1919 and the Jallianwala Bagh incident
- Government of India Act 1935
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