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| short_title = Government of India Act 1912{{efn|name=s1|Section 1.}}<br />
| type = Act<br />
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom<br />
| long_title = An Act to make such amendments in the Law relating to the Government of India as are consequential on the appointment of a separate Governor of Fort William in Bengal, and other administrative changes in the local government of India.<br />
| year = 1912<br />
| citation = [[2 & 3 Geo. 5]]. c. 6<br />
| territorial_extent = [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| royal_assent = 25 June 1912<br />
| commencement = {{date missing}}{{efn|name=s1}}<br />
| repeal_date = 1 January 1916<br />
| amends = {{ubli|[[East India Company Act 1793]]|[[Government of India Act 1833]]|[[Indian Councils Act 1861]]|[[Indian Councils Act 1909]]}}<br />
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| repealing_legislation = [[Government of India Act 1915]]<br />
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| status = Repealed<br />
| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/2-3/6/contents/enacted<br />
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The '''Government of India Act 1912''' ([[2 & 3 Geo. 5]]. c. 6) was an [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], which made changes to the governance of [[British India]]. It received royal assent on 25 June 1912.<ref>Ilbert, Sir Courtenay Peregrine. ''The Government of India'', Third Edition, revised and updated. Clarendon Press, 1922. pp. 119-122.</ref><br />
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The act addressed several problems related to the reorganization of Bengal. In 1905, the [[Bengal Presidency]] was [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|divided in two]], and the eastern portion combined with Assam Province to become the new province of [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]]. The division generated considerable opposition and unrest, and in 1911 Bengal was reorganized again into three provinces - Bengal (present-day [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]]), [[Bihar and Orissa]], and [[Assam]].<br />
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The first section of the act modified the powers of the newly appointed Governor of Bengal. Until 1912, the [[Governor-General of India]] also served as Governor of [[Bengal Presidency]]. In March 1912, the [[Secretary of State for India]] proclaimed that the reunified [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]] would be a province under its own governor. The Act gave the new governor the same powers as the governors of [[Bombay Province|Bombay]] and [[Madras Province|Madras]], including acting as governor-general in the governor-general's absence, the salary of the governor and his council, and the number and qualifications of members of the executive councils.<br />
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The second section of the act permitted the immediate creation of a legislative council for the new province of [[Bihar and Orissa]], and amended the [[Indian Councils Act 1909]] ([[9 Edw. 7]]. c. 4) to eliminate Parliamentary review of newly created legislative councils for provinces under a lieutenant-governor.<br />
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The third section of the act permitted the creation of legislative councils for provinces under chief commissioners. This authority was used to establish a legislative council for [[Assam|Assam Province]] on 14 November 1912, and for the [[Central Provinces]] on 10 November 1913.<ref>Ilbert, Sir Courtenay Peregrine. ''The Government of India'', Third Edition, revised and updated. Clarendon Press, 1922. pp. 119-122.</ref><br />
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== Subsequent developments ==<br />
The whole act was repealed by section 130 of, and the fourth schedule to, the [[Government of India Act 1915]] ([[5 & 6 Geo. 5]]. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1916.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Government of India Act 1915|type=act|year=Geo5/5-6|chapter=61}}</ref><br />
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