The Governor was assisted by a legislature. Under this Act, provinces were granted autonomy. The Act of 1935 was a culmination of the developments listed above. The Muslim League observed a ‘Day of Deliverance’, as a mark of relief after the resignation of the Congress ministries in the provinces. The Congress Working Committee called upon all the ministers to resign from their posts. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, and England declared war against Nazi Germany without consulting either the Central Legislature or the provincial governments, the Viceroy declared India to be a belligerent country on the side of the British. The majority of Muslims accepted this view and Jinnah became the undisputed leader of the League. Jinnah and consequently he started to denounce the policies and activities of Congress ministries and openly declared that “the Muslims can expect neither justice nor fair play under Congress government”. The phenomenal success of the Congress alarmed M.A. The result of the elections widened the rift between the Congress and the Muslim League. Only Bengal and Punjab had non-Congress ministries. It also formed coalition ministries in Sind and Assam. Congress ministries were formed in July 1937 in several provinces, including the United Provinces, Madras, the Central Provinces, Bombay, Bihar, Orissa, and after sometime in the North-West Frontier Provinces (NWFP).
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