The Causes of Present Discontents in India

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The Causes of Present Discontents in India

1908

The extraordinary unwisdom of the Executive Authorities in India is shown in the censures of the High Court of Calcutta and in the decision of the judge who tried the Punjab riot Executive Unwiedom. [...] I would only beg consideration of the full meaning of the following almost incredible fact as recorded in the Englishman the leading British journal of the Indian metropolis :— Not a single elected Commissioner of the Calcutta Muncipality has been appointed to a seat on the Committee whicji is to draw up a scheme for the decentralisation of the administration of Calcutta." When the question [...] This is not the place to discuss the circumstances of the great calamity of 1857 but this I will say that the failure of the Sepoy Army to break our power was due to the loyalty of the civil population and especially to the goodwill of the two bodies that have recently shown marked discontent—I mean the Sikh populatign cf the Punjab and the educated classes throughout India especially in Bengal [...] any member of the House of Commons reflect with what feelings that large body of educated young Indians who watched the debate from the gallery of the House of Commons on July 6th must haveviewed the backsliding of the Liberal Party MI that occasion ? The effect in India of its action may be judged from the following extract from the Bengali the leading Indian journal of Calcutta a few days la [...] The new constitution of the Viceroy's Legislative Council as proposed in the recent minute The New Law-makers of the Government of India is as.follows A. Ex-officio the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal (or of the Punjab when the Council assembles in Simla) Ile Commander-in-Chief and the Members of theExective Council 8 B. Additional officials to be nominated not exceeding 20 C. A Ruling Chie
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Pages
121
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141795
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
1-16 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter I Introduction
17-25 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter II India and Parliament
26-32 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter III The Council of India and Mr. Morley’s Reforms
33-43 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter IV Lord Curzon and Educated India
44-52 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter V The Partition of Bengal
53-66 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter VI The Musalmans and Partition
67-75 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter VII Baiting The Bengali
76-82 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter VIII A Real High Court of Justice
83-91 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter IX “Sedition” in the Punjab
92-102 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter X Rack-Taxing in Rural India
103-113 C.J. O’Donnell view
Chapter XI The Decadence of the Indian Administration
114-120 C.J. O’Donnell view

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