<Tr> <Th> Repealed by </Th> <Td> Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Status: Repealed </Th> </Tr> <P> The Government of India Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 101) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India . The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of the Secretary of State for India, Edwin Montagu, and the Viceroy, Lord Chemlsford . The Act covered ten years, from 1919 to 1929 . This Act represented the end of benevolent despotism and began genesis of responsible government in India . </P> <P> The Act received royal assent on 23 December 1919 . On the same day the King - Emperor issued a proclamation which reviewed the course of parliamentary legislation for India and the intent of the act: </P>

End of dual system of administration in india