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Report of Indian Central Committee

1929

2. Section 84A of the Government of India Act of 1919 prscribes the appointment at the expiration of 10 years from the passing of that Act of a Commission for the purpose of inquiing into the working of the system of government set up under the Act and certain kindred matters and reporting on the consttutional changes which may be considered desirable. [...] The decision of His Majesty's Government to confine the personnel of the Comission to the members of the two Houses of Parliament was held to constitute an insult to Indians and an arrogant repudition of the claim which had been put forward that they should be given a predominant voice in the determination of the futureconstitution of their country. [...] The events which contributed to bring about this change were ( i ) The enactment of the Rowlatt Bill in the teeth of the united opposition of all Indian elected members of the Imperial Council ; (ii) The incidents in the Punjab leading up to and rsulting from the shooting at Jallianwala Bagh ; and (iii) The Treaty of Sevres. [...] A somewhat curious instance of the perversion of the intentions of the authors of the Montague-Chelmsford Report occurred in one province where it was found more convenient to provide the leader of the strongest party in the legislature with a seat in the Executive Council and in the Ministry. [...] For purposes of the constitutional inquiry 'inder Section 84A of the Government of India Act the aspect of the question which demands consideration is whether the backwarness of education and the illiteracy of the mass of the people should be regarded as impediments to the growth of responsible government.
government politics public policy
Pages
446
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.140450
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-5 unknown view
Introduction
6-9 unknown view
Chapter.I. Working of the System of Government
10-14 unknown view
Chapter.II. Growth of Education
15-19 unknown view
Chapter.III. Development of Representative Institutions
20-25 unknown view
Chapter.IV. The Provinces
26-61 unknown view
Chapter.V. The Government of India and the India Office
62-68 unknown view
Chapter.VI. Miscellaneous
69-72 unknown view
I. Summary of Recommendations
73-82 unknown view
Appendix II
83-85 unknown view
Appendix III
86-86 unknown view
Introduction
87-94 unknown view
II. Provincial Autonomy
94-99 unknown view
III. Financial Autonomy of the Provinces
99-110 unknown view
IV. Communal Electorates
110-120 unknown view
V. Law and Order
120-126 unknown view
VI. Second Chambers in the Provinces
126-129 unknown view
VII. The Depressed Classes
129-130 unknown view
VIII. The Central Government
130-141 unknown view
IX. The Army
141-147 unknown view
X. The Punjab
147-150 unknown view
XI. The Franchise
150-155 unknown view
XII. The Services
155-156 unknown view
Minute of Dissent by the Honourable Sir Arthur Froom
157-179 A.H. Froom view
Minute of Dissent by the Honourable Raja Nawab Ali Khan
180-182 Nawab Khan view
Minute of Dissent by Nawab Sir Zulfiqar Ali Khan Kt. C.S.I. and Dr. Abdullah
183-214 Zulfiqur Khan view
Explanatory Report
215-216 unknown view
Chapter.I General Introduction
217-243 unknown view
Chapter.II. A Review of the Published Schemes
244-274 unknown view
Chapter.III. The Review of Education and Local Bodies
275-283 unknown view
Chapter.IV. The Secretary of State in Council
284-306 unknown view
Chapter.V. The Government of India
307-344 unknown view
Chapter.VI. Provincial Governments
345-346 unknown view
Chapter.VII. Other Recommendations
347-355 unknown view
Concluding Remarks
356-356 Hari Gour view
Chapter.IX. Sir Hari Singh Gour’s Notes of Dissent
357-364 Hari Gour view
Note on the Depressed Classes by Rao Bahadur M.C.Rajah M.L.A
365-388 M.C. Rajah view
Introduction
389-391 unknown view
I—The Need for Reform
392-394 unknown view
II—The Provincial Governments
394-406 unknown view
III—Structure of the Provincial Governments
406-413 unknown view
IV—The Central Government
413-427 unknown view
V—Conclusion
427-428 Kikabhai Premchand view