Definition of "dyarchy" []

• Variant of diarchy. (noun)

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• "Two years later that policy was partly brought to fruition in the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms when dyarchy, that is to say a dual system of government, was introduced into the provinces, whereby the Governors ruled their provinces with the aid of Cabinets, chosen from Indian Legislatures, but at the same time certain subjects were reserved and among them law and order, so that there might not be too abrupt a transition from unitarian government to responsible government in the provinces."
• "In a system called "dyarchy," the nation-building departments of government - agriculture, education, public works, and the like - were placed under ministers who were individually responsible to the legislature."
• "Under the “dyarchy” principle, important matters were “reserved” for the governor and the appointed British members of his executive council; the less important (sanitation, education, agriculture, etc.) were to be “transferred” to the Indian members."