India_In_1923-24

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by  L_f_Rushbrook_Williams

INDIA
IN
1923-24
A
Statement prepared for presentation
to in accordance with the
Parliament
requirements of the 26th Section of the
Government of India Act
&
(5 6 Geo. V, Chap. 61)
BY
L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAM
All Soul* CoUmg* Oxford
Director ofPublic Informffit
Goprnmnf ofInd
CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
: PUBLICATION BBANCH
1924
Government of India Publications are obtainable
from the Government of India Central Publication
Branch, 8, Hastings Street, Calcutta,
and from the following Agents :
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PREFATORY NOTE.
The task of preparing this report for presentation to Parliament
hasbeenentrustedbyGovernmentofIndiatoProfessorL. F.Rushbrook
Williams, C.B.E., and it is now presented under authority and with
general approval of Secretary of State for India ; but it must not be
understood that the approval either of the Secretary of State or ofthe
Government ofIndia extendstoeveryparticularexpressionofopinion.

CONTENTS.
PAGE.
PREFATORYNOTE iii
EXPLANATION vii
LISTOFMAPS,DlAGKAMSANDGRAPHICALClIARTS ix
CHAPTERCONTENTS xi
CHAPTER ......
I.
A i'ERNATIONALRELATIONS '.' 1
.CHA.PTE.R ......
II.
RESPONSIBILITIESANDRIGHTS 47
CHAPTER
III.
ECONOMICSOFADMINISTRATION 108
CHAPTER IV.
THEPEOPLEANDTHEIRPROBLEMS 184
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POLITICSANDPROGREI m m 42
DR.B.RAMBEDKAROPENUNIVERSITY
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HisEXCELLENCYTUBVICEROY'SSPEECHON28THJULY,1923 294
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APPENDIXIII.
HisEXCELLENCYTHEVICEROY'SSPEECHON3ISTJANUARY,1924 . . . 301
APPENDIXIV.
HisEXCELLENCYTHEVICEROY'SSTATEMENTONTHE28THMARCH,1924 . .311
APPENDIX V. ....
RESOLUTIONSOFTHEINDIANNATIONALCONGRESS,1923-24 31
APPENDIXVI.
NATIONALLIBERALFEDERATIONCONFEHENCE . . . 319
APPENDIXVII.
REPORTONTHEJAITOINCIDENTS , 325