UPSC Prelims · General Studies

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Princely states and their integration

Paramountcy, the Chamber of Princes and the Butler Committee

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