In the wake of the growing strength of the extremists in the national movement and the relentless campaign continued by the moderates in the Indian National Congress for greater and more effective representation of Indians in running the affairs of the country, the then secretary of state for India, Lord Morley, and the then Viceroy, Lord Minto, jointly worked out certain constitutional reform proposals during the years 1906-1908. These came to be popularly known as the Minto-Morley reform proposals and aimed at the expansion of the Legislative Councils and the enlargement of their powers and functions, the appointment of Indian members on the Executive Councils, the creation of such Councils where they did not exist, and the further development of local self-government.
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