Police and Jails The Police system established by the Police Act of 1861 revealed grave defects in actual working, chiefly because the responsible task of maintaining law and order was entru... Read more
The Public Services During the early years of the twentieth century Indians continued to agitate for a greater share in the Public Services. In September, 1912, a Royal Commission on the Pub... Read more
General Review THE political agitation which followed upon the Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon gradually assumed a revolutionary character. Apart from the growth of a radical section in t... Read more
As this portion of the Act dealing with the Federation was never actually brought into operation, we need not discuss it in detail and will only briefly describe its provisions. The Act prov... Read more
There is no doubt that the Government of India Act, 1919, gave real responsibility to the representatives of the people in only a very limited sphere of administration; and, judged from the... Read more
The Central Legislature was thoroughly remodelled and made bi-came-ral, the two chambers being the Council of State and the Legislative Assembly. The members of the Executive Council could b... Read more
The most striking feature of the Act of 1909 was that it introduced important changes in the composition and functions of the Legislative Councils. The number of additional members of the Ce... Read more
Whitehall and the Government of India THE control of the British Parliament over the Government of India exercised through the Secretary of State was firmly held, and even a strong personali... Read more
The North-Eastern Frontier Tibet and Sates on the Northern Frontier Though nominally subject to the suzerainty of China, Tibet was for all practical purposes an independent theocracy under t... Read more
A short struggle for the throne ensued in which Amanullah, a son of the murdered Amlr, came out successful. Partly under the pressure of internal troubles, and partly under the influence of... Read more
