Government of India Act

1935

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contribution by Hoare

  • Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
    In Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet

    …a chief architect of the Government of India Act of 1935 and, as foreign secretary (1935), was criticized for his proposed settlement of Italian claims in Ethiopia (the Hoare–Laval Plan).

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history of West Bengal

  • Western Duars
    In West Bengal: History of West Bengal

    Under the Government of India Act (1935), Bengal was constituted an autonomous province in 1937. That remained the situation until the Indian subcontinent was partitioned into the two dominions of Pakistan and India after the British withdrawal in 1947. The eastern sector of Bengal, largely Muslim, became…

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