INDIAN STATES
CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION PRINCES TO BE CONSULTED NEW DELHI. Jan. 17. Britain did not intend to make any change in relationships between the Indian States and the Crown without the States’ consent which he was confident would be forthcoming, said the Viceroy, Lord Wavell. in opening the annual session of the Chamber of Princes. The most important problem with which India was immediately faced was that of the future constitution. Lord Waved expressed confidence that the Princes
would play a full part in the preliminary discussion as well as the intended constitution. He hoped that they would not unreasonably withhold consent to any changes emerging as 0 result of the negotiations. “I am confident that you have no intention of standing in the way of the growth of India to full stature or hindering the political, economic and social progress and the advancement of vour subjects,” said Loid Waved. “If the State does not possess political stability, adequate financial resources or effective association ot the people with the administration, I strongly urge you should do so by either joining a larger unit or combining with other small States to form a political entity of sufficient size.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21924, 19 January 1946, Page 3
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