Government of India Act

The term Government of India Act refers to the series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the government of Colonial India, in particular:


 * Government of India Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85) or Saint Helena Act 1833, created the post of Governor-General of India.
 * Government of India Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106), established India as a nation consisting of British India and princely states.
 * Government of India Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. 4) or Indian Councils Act 1909, brought about a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in the governance of colonial India
 * Government of India Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 6), modified the Indian Councils Act 1909 and undid the Division of Bengal (1905)
 * Government of India Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 61), an aggregation into a single act of most of the existing acts of Parliament concerning Indian government
 * Government of India Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 101), passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India
 * Government of India Act 1935 (26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. 2), never fully implemented, served as part of the constitutional basis of India and Pakistan.