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Q47 (CISF/2022) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947)

Who among the following headed the Indian States Committee formed in the year 1928 ?

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The Indian States Committee, popularly known as the Butler Committee, was appointed in December 1927 and submitted its report in 1929. It was headed by Sir Harcourt Butler, with the objective of examining the relationship between the British Paramount Power and the Indian Princely States.

  • The committee was tasked with recommending measures for better economic and financial relations between British India and the Princely States.
  • Its most significant finding was that "Paramountcy must remain paramount" and that the relationship of the Princely States was with the British Crown, rather than the Government of India.
  • This implied that the States should not be transferred to a future Indian government responsible to an Indian legislature without their own consent.
  • Motilal Nehru headed the committee that produced the Nehru Report (1928) on constitutional reforms, while M.A. Jinnah responded with his "Fourteen Points".
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