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REPORT OF THE INDIAN STATUTORY COMMISSION (SIMON COMMISSION) VOLS. I & II by T.C.A. RAMANUJA CHARI Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1988, 409 pp., 300
Nov-Dec 1988, volume 12, No 6

India was enormous. Eventually, it was another significant contribution to the ultimate Partition of India. It is that which makes the Commission’s Report of abiding interest to students of Indian constitutional history.

There was a large measure of consensus in Britain regarding her India policy. The thrust of that policy and the attendant strategy, devised and directed in essentials by non-labour governments, was for underpinning imperial governance with collabo-rative structures. Therefore there was unanimity, irrespective of party affiliations, that Britain’s presence in India must be ensured for a long time to come.

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