Evaluate the reasons why the 1935 Government of India Act was a disappointment to Indian nationalists.

Candidates will make an appraisal of the reasons why the 1935 Government of India Act was a disappointment to Indian nationalists by weighing up its importance or otherwise within the context of the political situation in India. They may adopt a chronological approach that contextualises the 1935 Government of India Act in the struggle for independence from Britain within the timeframe for this section. Alternatively, candidates may choose a thematic approach and refer to aspects such as resentment about the 1919 Government of India Act, the Simon Commission, the Round Table Conferences, the demands of the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League, the roles of Gandhi, Nehru, Bose and Jinnah, the actual provisions of the 1935 Act, and the reactions of different Indian nationalist groups. These need not all be covered or covered equally. Both the importance or otherwise must be clearly indicated but there does not need to be an equal focus on each. While other, relevant, factors such as international pressures may be referred to, the bulk of the response will remain on the issue raised in the question.