Princely states and their integration
Paramountcy, the Chamber of Princes and the Butler Committee
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Crown paramountcy over about 560 states, subordinate isolation then subordinate union under Curzon, Political Department and Residents
- Chamber of Princes (Narendra Mandal) inaugurated 1921 under the Montford scheme as a consultative body
- Indian States (Butler) Committee 1927-29 to examine relations between the paramount power and the states; declared paramountcy must remain paramount and states' relations were with the Crown
- Princes' accession as the condition for the 1935 federation and their refusal
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 34 The Indian States
- ch. 26 Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 5: When People Revolt: 1857 and After
- ch. 5 When People Revolt: 1857 and After, Aftermath, p. 11 (printed 61)
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 12 Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era
- Theme 12 Framing the Constitution, 1. A Tumultuous Time, p. 3 (printed 318)
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 28 The Freedom Struggle in Princely India, pp. 356-374