...the partition of Bengal, which it was desired to undo. The despatch foreshadowed an India consisting of a number of administrations autonomous in all provincial...affairs, with the Government of India above them all, empowered to interfere in cases of misgovernment, but ordinarily confining itself to matters of Imperial...

...the partition of Bengal, which it was desired to undo. The despatch foreshadowed an India consisting of a number of administrations autonomous in all provincial...affairs, with the Government of India above them all, empowered to interfere in cases of misgovernment, but ordinarily confining itself to matters of Imperial...

...Proclamation of 1858, and called on the Government to give effect to the Despatch of 25th August, 1911, until "India would consist of a number of administrations,...affairs, with the Government of India above them, and possessing powers to interfere in case of mis-Government ". Mr. Bannerji quoted a letter from the...

...of power can be conceded without impairing the supreme authority of the Govemor-General-in-Council. The only possible solution of the difficulty would...affairs, with the Government of India above them all.' As India progresses towards this state of things she will find ample expression for the political aspirations...

...have to be satisfied and that the only solution would appear to be gradually to give the provir.ces a larger measure of Self-Government until at last...affairs with the Government of India above them all." But not only did the Viceroy say it in his despatch but in his last utterance he has repeated it imphatically...

...so while retaining the supreme authority of the Governor General in Council, the despatch stated " the only possible solution of the difficulty would...all provincial affairs, with the Government of India ordinarily restricting their functions to matters of Imperial concern." We do not propose to discuss...

...of power can be conceded without impairing the supreme authority of the Governor-General in Council. The only possible solution of the difficulty would...number of administrations, autonomous in all provincial affaire, with the Government of India above them all, and possessing power to interfere in case of...

...Queen's Proclamation, and called on the Government to give effect to the Despatch of 25th August, 1911. " India would consist of a number of administrations,...affairs, with the Government of India above them, and possessing powers in case of mis-government.' ' The Speaker quoted a letter from a leading Englishman...

...in government consistently with the retention of the supreme authority of the Government of India " would appear to be gradually to give the provinces...administrations autonomous in all provincial affairs," Lord Crewe repudiated the idea that this scheme of provincial autonomy implied a future for India on...

...1911, known as the Coronation Durbar dispatch, he wrote that the only possible solution appeared to him to be ' gradually to give the provinces a larger measure...affairs, with the Government of India above them all '. This is a striking anticipation of the reforms actually carried out last year (1921). Provincial...