Indian council act,1909 is also know an morley- Minto reforms after the secretary of state and viceroy of India.

1. INDIAN COUNCIL ACT,1909
NAME:-SONAL PRIYA
REG NO.:-12110983
ROLL NO.:-A20
SECTION:-LEO21
COURSE CODE:-HIS205

2. About the title:-
👉THE INDIAN COUNCIL ACT,1909 WAS AN ACT
OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT THAT
INTRODUCED A FEW REFORMS IN THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND INCREASED THE
INVOLVEMENT OF INDIAN (LIMITED) IN THE
GOVERNANCE OF BRITISH INDIA.
👉 IT WAS MOST COMMONLY CALLED THE
MORLEY-MINTO REFORMS AFTER THE
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA,JOHN
MORLEY AND VICEROY OF INDIA,

3. 👉The main intention
behind Morley -Minto
reforms was to make a
limited increase In the
involvement of Indians In
the central and provincial
administration.
👉 The concept for
seperate electorate was
introduced in this reform.

4. BACKGROUND
👉when muslim
league was
formed then the
concept of
seperate
electorate came
into picture.

5. SEPERATE
ELECTORATES:-
:)If there are 10 members in
a constituencies.In which 5
Members are from muslim
community and other are
from other community.Then
only that 5 Members which
are from the muslim
Community can only stand in
an election and the members
from the muslim community
can only vote in an election
And the members from other
community had no voting
rights nor they can
participate in election.

6. MUSLIM LEAGUE PUT ON 2
MAJOR DEMANDS IN FRONT OF
BRITISH GOVERNMENT:-
a) seperate electorate.
B) there should be 2 Indians in
viceroy ‘s executive council.in
which one should belong to
muslim community and one
from any other community.

7. CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT
THE CONTROL OF GOI WAS STILL IN THE
HAND OF SECRETARY OF STATE WHO
WAS RESIDING IN BRITAIN BUT WITH THE
HELP OF VICEROY IN INDIA HE WAS
REGULATING INDIA TOO.

8. CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATION:
-
-FROM YEAR 1861 THERE WAS 6
MEMBERS IN THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL.THE POWER TO ISSUE
ORDINANCES WAS ALSO INTRODUCED
IN ICA,1861 WHICH WAS VALID UPTO 6
MONTHS.THIS WAS SAME TILL
ICA,1892. BUT THERE WAS CHANGE IN
ICA,,1909 ONE NEW MEMBER WAS
ADDED IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
WHO WAS AN INDIAN.

9. INDIAN COUNCIL
ACT,1909 ALLOWED
INDIANS TO JOIN
VICEROY’S
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
First Indian member
To became a member
of viceroy executive
council._satyendra
prasanna sinha.

10. In ICA,1892 CENTRAL
LEGISLATURE CONSISTS OF
EXECUTIVE+ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS IN WHICH THERE
WERE 6 MEMBERS IN
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND IN
WHICH ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
WAS FROM 10 TO 16 IN WHICH
SIX WHERE OFFICIALS
(NOMINATED BY VICEROY) AND
10 WHERE NON-OFFICIALS IN
WHICH :-
5- nominated by viceroy.
1- nominated by chambers of
commerce in calcutta.
4- nominated by provincial
assembly of Bengal,Bombay
and Madras.

11. But in ICA,1909 the additional member was
increased from 16 to 60 in which the official was
increased from 6 to 28 which was nominated by
viceroy. And non-officials from10 to 32 members.
_now the non- official members were not nominated
they were been elected.
_5 members are same as nominated by the viceroy.
-now two members are there and they are been
elected by the Chambers of commerce in calcutta
+Bombay.
-12 members are elected by the provincial
assemblies of Bengal, Bombay and madras.
_13 members are from the seperate electorate.
👉5 are muslims.
👉 6 are zamindars
👉2 are buisness man.

12. CHANGES IN ICA,1909

13. In which from
madras,Bombay,
Bengal and United
province the
additional members
can be 50 and from
Punjab,Burma and
Assam there can be 30
additional members.

14. CONCLUSION