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the british government took control of India from the East India COmpany in the Government of India act of 1858
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the British government took control of India feom the East India Company
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the britsh governmnet annouced that its future policies would eventually lead to self-governing institutions for India
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The government of India Act of 1935 intended to create a federation of eleven British provinces and over five hundred Indian princely states
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In 1942 during world war II the british government offered Indian leaders what they had dremed of for so long eventual independence.
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a meeting between Viceroy Archibald Wavell and the major political leaders in India
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three members of the british arrived in Karachi India, there main goals were to help the indian people reach an agreement that would establish a free and united india
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the plan to creat a united dominition of India as a loose confederation of provinces came to be known by the date of its announcement
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envisaged a united India in line with Congress and Muslim League aspirations
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India was regarded as the most valuable British imperial possession. World War 2 forced Britain to realise that it could not maintain a global empire and the British agreed to Indian self-government. bbc history news
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The Suez Crisis was sparked when Britain and France, allied with Israel, invaded Egypt over its decision to nationalise the Suez Canal - a vital waterway connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea. Under American pressure, the canal was handed back to Egypt and the invasion force was withdrawn.
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Following tests over Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean, the government announced that Britain had joined the Soviet Union and the US as a nuclear power, with its own hydrogen bomb.
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The India Council Act of 1909 permitted legislative councils to discuss the budget and introduce bills, but members were not allowed to embarrass the government in any way.
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The Government of India Act of 1935 intended to creat a federation of eleven British provinces and the over five hundred Indian princely states.
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The India Councils Act of 1919 increased the percentage of the adult male population who could vote