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Government of India Act 1939 provided of establishing a federal government consisting of provinces and princely states as units.
The administrative subjects were divided into the federal List, the provincial list and the concurrent list.
The Act abolished Dyarchy in the provinces and introduced provincial autonomy in its place. It introduced responsible government at the Provinces.
The Act provided for the adoption of Dyarchy at the centre. Consequently, the federal subjects were divided into the Reserved Subjects and Transferred Subjects.
The Government of India Act 1939 introduced bicameralism in six out of eleven provinces, comprising a legislative Assembly and a Legislative Council. The six provinces are Bombay, Bengal, Madras, Bihar, Assam and United provinces.
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