Papers Relating to the Application of the Principle of Dyarchy to the Government of India: To which are Appended the Report of the Joint Select Committee and the Government of India Act, 1919Lionel Curtis |
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... legislatures . Disappearance of official voters . Advisory character of provincial legis- latures , 343 - Control of enabling legislation by executive councils , 344– Composition of central legislature , 344 344 . -- - xii CONTENTS.
... legislatures . Disappearance of official voters . Advisory character of provincial legis- latures , 343 - Control of enabling legislation by executive councils , 344– Composition of central legislature , 344 344 . -- - xii CONTENTS.
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... character since the actual voters would be multiplied enormously . If it be decided to make any further increase in the numbers of the Legislative Councils , it certainly seems that the most reasonable and 14 I THE DUKE MEMORANDUM.
... character since the actual voters would be multiplied enormously . If it be decided to make any further increase in the numbers of the Legislative Councils , it certainly seems that the most reasonable and 14 I THE DUKE MEMORANDUM.
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... voters with a property qualification . The constituencies and the persons chosen by them would speak for a class which comprises the largest and possibly the most conservative interests in the country . The objection which might be ...
... voters with a property qualification . The constituencies and the persons chosen by them would speak for a class which comprises the largest and possibly the most conservative interests in the country . The objection which might be ...
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... voters of all kinds in India . I cannot recall any other instance in which I have asked for papers which had not been published . At Bombay I stayed with the Editor of The Times of India . I then went to Viceregal Lodge at Delhi in ...
... voters of all kinds in India . I cannot recall any other instance in which I have asked for papers which had not been published . At Bombay I stayed with the Editor of The Times of India . I then went to Viceregal Lodge at Delhi in ...
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... voters would endorse the principle of self - government as the goal of British policy in India . But as things are it is almost impossible to get that issue clearly before the electorate of the United King- dom , because at a general ...
... voters would endorse the principle of self - government as the goal of British policy in India . But as things are it is almost impossible to get that issue clearly before the electorate of the United King- dom , because at a general ...
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Page 573 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 556 - WHEREAS it is the declared policy of Parliament to provide for the increasing association of Indians in every branch of Indian administration, and for the gradual development of selfgoverning institutions, with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in British India as an integral part of the empire...
Page 473 - The British Government and the Government of India, on whom the responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples, must be judges of the time and measure of each advance, and they must be guided by the co-operation received from those upon whom new opportunities of service will thus be conferred and by the extent to which it is found that confidence can be reposed in their sense of responsibility.
Page 593 - Any rules relating to transferred subjects made under this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after they are made...
Page 362 - I would add that progress in this policy can only be achieved by successive stages. The British Government and the Government of India, on whom the responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples, must be judges of the time and measure of each advance...
Page 596 - Act, and if an address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat...
Page 326 - Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration, and the gradual development of self-governing institutions, with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire. They have decided that substantial steps in this direction should be taken as soon as possible...
Page 596 - State containing such directions as aforesaid shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after they are made. 13. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
Page 575 - The presidencies of Fort William in Bengal, Fort St. George, and Bombay, and the provinces known as the United Provinces, the Punjab, Bihar and Orissa, the Central Provinces, and Assam, shall each be governed, in relation to reserved subjects, by a governor in council, and in relation to transferred subjects (save as otherwise provided by this Act) by the governor acting with ministers appointed under this Act.
Page 581 - No proposal for the appropriation of any revenue or moneys for any purpose shall be made except on the recommendation of the Governor-General.