Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.13 Towards Purna Swaraj 1923–1939

2.13.7 Elections of 1937 and the Congress ministries

Provincial autonomy under the 1935 Act led to the 1937 elections, in which the Congress formed ministries in most provinces, governed for about 28 months and resigned in 1939 over India being taken into the war without consultation.

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Key terms

  • Government of India Act 1935
  • provincial autonomy
  • 1937 elections
  • Congress ministries
  • Linlithgow
  • Wardha scheme
  • resignation 1939
  • Day of Deliverance
  • Pirpur Report

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