2. The most short lived of all the constitutional reforms of India was -
a)The Act of 1858 b)India council Act of 1909 c)Government of India Act of 1919 d)Government of India Act
of 1935.
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Answer:
a): Government of India Act 1858
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 2 August 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company and the transference of its functions to the British Crown.
b): Indian Councils Act of 1909, also called Morley-Minto Reforms, series of reform measures enacted in 1909 by the British Parliament, the main component of which directly introduced the elective principle to membership in the imperial and local legislative councils in India.
c): The Government of India Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. ... 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, Lord Chelmsford.
d): It was the longest Act of (British) Parliament ever enacted until Greater London Authority Act 1999 surpassed it. Because of its length, the Act was retroactively split by the Government of India Act, 1935 into two separate Acts: The Government of India Act, 1935 , having 321 sections and 10 schedules.