<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The British government sent out Lord Linlithgow as the new viceroy with the remit of bringing the Act into effect . Linlithgow was intelligent, extremely hard working, honest, serious and determined to make a success out of the Act . However, he was also unimaginative, stolid, legalistic and found it very difficult to "get on terms" with people outside his immediate circle . </P> <P> In 1937, after the holding of provincial elections, Provincial Autonomy commenced . From that point until the declaration of war in 1939, Linlithgow tirelessly tried to get enough of the Princes to accede to launch the Federation . In this, he received only the weakest backing from the Home Government and in the end the Princes rejected the Federation en masse . In September 1939, Linlithgow simply declared that India was at war with Germany . Though Linlithgow's behavior was constitutionally correct it was also offensive to much of Indian opinion that the Viceroy had not consulted the elected representatives of the Indian people before taking such a momentous decision . This led directly to the resignation of the Congress provincial ministries . </P>

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