India’s Political Future
LONDON, December 17. The Under-Secretary of State for India, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. Muirhead, stated in the House of Commons that in India the paramount power would not obstruct the proposals for a constitutional advance initiated by the rulers of the Indian States. However, Britain had no intention of bringing any form of pressure tp bear upon them to initiate constitutional changes. It'rested with the rulers themselves to decide what form of Government they should adopt in the diverse condition of the Indian States.
The obligations of the paramount power to the States extended to protecting the rulers against violence and disorder, and to advising and assisting the rulers in remedying such legitimate grievances of their subjects as might be found to exist. The creation of a new post of political adviser by the Viceroy of India, in his capacity as the King’s representative, for the exerPise of functions of the Crown in its relations with the Indian States, is regarded by the press as appropriate to the approach of federation.
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Northern Advocate, 19 December 1938, Page 7
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