The Archive · 1939

Resignation of Madras Ministry Accepted

Congress Regime \Replaced By Advisory Board Madras, Oct. 30.

The resignation of the Congress Ministry of Madras, in accordance with instructions received from the Congress Working Committee following the statement made by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, regarding Dominion status for India, has been accepted by the Governor of Madras.

He is appointing en Advisory Board, consisting of three British members of the Indien Civil Service, fo carry on the Government. The Governor earlier. informed the Premier that he could not accept his resignation until other arrangements had been made to carry on the Government.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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