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The federal provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 foundered on the rock of princely intransigence.
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- Constitutional Developments in Colonial India, 1858-1935
The All-India Federation envisaged by the Government of India Act, 1935, meant to unite British Indian provinces and the Princely States in a single constitutional structure, never came into existence — and the immediate, proximate cause was the refusal of the princes to accede in sufficient numbers.
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- The Federal Scheme and Its Accession Mechanism
- Why the Princes Refused: The Rock of Intransigence
- The Deeper Problem: Federation Was Unwanted Beyond the Princes Too
- Consequences of the Federation's Failure
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