The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to?
(a) Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments.
(b) Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.
(c) Impose censorship on the national press.
(d) Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian Princely States.

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The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to?
(a) Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments.
(b) Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.
(c) Impose censorship on the national press.
(d) Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian Princely States.

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

The Report of the Butler Committee on the relations between the Indian States and British India: The Committee advised that the Viceroy (instead of the Governor-General in Council) should represent the Crown in all dealings with the States. This proposed change is comparable with the new Imperial arrangement by which the Governor-General of a Dominion is High Commissioner for the Dominion's Protectorates. The Committee sympathised with the fear of the Native Princes that their States might pass without their consent under a new Government in British India responsible to an Indian Legislature, and they plainly express the opinion that no such transfer should be made without the consent of the Princes.

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The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to? (a) Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments. (b) Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India. (c) Impose censorship on the national press. (d) Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian Princely States.