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What were tha main features of morley-minto reforms 1909?

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Answered by yuvraj765
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1909 Act is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms (Lord Morley was the then Secretary of State for India and Lord Minto was the then Viceroy of India). It was to appease the moderates.

1. It increased the size of Central and provincial legislative councils. 
2. The number of members in the Central Legislative Council was raised from 16 to 60. 
3. The number of members in the provincial legislative councils was not uniform.
4. It retained official majority in the Central Legislative Council (majority of British officials)
5. However, it allowed the provincial legislative councils to have non-official majority.
6. It enlarged the deliberative functions (right to discuss and ask questions) of the legislative councils at both the levels.
7. For example, members could move resolutions on the budget, ask supplementary questions, etc.
8. For the first time, it provided for the association of Indians with the executive Councils of the Viceroy and Governors. 

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