mre 10 Ta "ie, toms Calcutta, Sept, 30...
April next year will be taken the first of the two main. steps under. the Government of India Act, 1935 that are to give India her. new con alitution; "That, month, will. ste, the provinces.of India start. on their' careers. as, autonomous nits with Ministries wholly composed of nonofficials responsible to legislatures elected by a vastly increased number of voters, This great democratic measure 1s the first step towards an fil-India Federation: of the British Indian Provinces and the Indian States, The Viceroy, His Excellency Lord Linlithgow, who Was chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Government of India Bill, ig known to bbe anxious fo reduce the Interv be og ttle as two years now necessary Is Yo secure the accession to the Federation of at leas the minimum number of States spe fled tu the Act. For this Prince has to execute of Accession, The revised draft of the general portion of the Instrument was" recently published and has favourably impressed opinion In, the Indian States.
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