Question

“It was a new Charter of Slavery”- who gave this statement about the Government of India Act, 1935?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4. Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Jawaharlal Nehru

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

• “It was a new Charter of Slavery”, was said by Jawaharlal Nehru about the Government of India Act, 1935.

• The Government of India Act, 1935:
  • The Simon Commission report submitted in 1930 AD formed the basis for the Government of India Act, 1935. The Act:
    • introduced provincial autonomy;
    • abolished dyarchy in the provinces
    • made ministers responsible for the legislative and federation at the center.
    • The Act of 1935 was unanimously rejected by Congress.
    • Regarding the Government of India Act, 1935 Jawahar Lal Nehru remarked: It was a new charter of slavery.
    • Although Congress opposed the Act, yet it contested the elections when the constitution was introduced on 1st April 1937 AD, and formed ministries first in six provinces and then in another.
• Lord Wellington was the viceroy of India during the Government of India Act, 1935.

• Mahatma Gandhiji termed Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque in a crashing bank.
• ‘Give me blood and I will give you freedom.’– Subhash Chandra Bose (in his address to soldiers of Azad Hind Fauj).