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Congress takes office in Madras (1937)

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Jul 1937 — C. Rajagopalachari forms the Congress ministry in Madras. Across seven provinces the jailbirds of 1930 are now ministers — governing under the very 1935 Act they denounced, and proving they can.

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Turning point
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1937 Indian provincial elections (chapter 9 of Indian independence)
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Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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