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India in 1920 a Report Prepared for Presentation to Parliament in Accordance with the Requirements of the 26th Section of the Government Act (5 & Geo. V. Chap. 61)

1921

1. General Statement of the Revenue and Expenditure charged to the revenue of the Government of India in India and in England. 83 2. Diagram showing exports imports and net exports of private merchandise during the ten years ending 1919-20. 84 Diagram showing the share of the principal articles and countries in the Import Trade in 1919-20 as compared with the year 1918-19. [...] The subjects discussed included the proposed peace terms with the Ottoman Empire and their bearing from the point of view of Afghanistan on the question of the Khilafat ; the frontier tribes ; the international status of Afghanistan ; the renewal of commercial relations with India ; and the acceptance of British assistance towards the peaceful development of Afghanistan. [...] The terms of reference included an examination of the administration and organiztion of the army in India including its relations with the War Office and the India Office ; a consideration of the position of the Commandein-Chief in his dual capacity as head of the Army and Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council ; and an investigation of such other matters as might be considered relevant [...] the assignment of due weight to the opinions of that Government in questions of Imperial Defence ; and thirdly the exercise of a considered influence by the Imperial General Staff upon the Military policy " of the Government of India as upon that of the other Governments of the Commonwealth. [...] The desire of the Esher Committee that the Chief of the Imperial General Staff should exercise what they unfortunately described as a considered influence on the military policy of the Government of India " was interpreted to mean not the general co-ordination of military resources requirements and organistion—which wascwhat the Committee intended—but the destruction of the fundamental Briti
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Pages
304
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.140166
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Frontmatter
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Chapter I. India and her Neighbours
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Chapter II. The Causes of Public Uneasiness
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Chapter III. The Prelude to the Reforms
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Chapter IV. The Economic Life of India
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Chapter V. The People of India
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Chapter VI. Government and the People
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Appendix I
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Appendix II
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Appendix III
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Appendix IV. Instructions to Governors
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Appendix V. Change in the Congress Creed
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Appendix VI. A Summary of the Esher Committee’s Report
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Index
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