The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to
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Answer: D. The Butler Committee (Indian States Committee), set up in 1927 under Sir Harcourt Butler, studied the relationship between the paramount power (the British Crown and the Government of India) and the princely states. The princes wanted their treaty rights and the limits of paramountcy made clear. So the answer is improving the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.
Watch for: Watch for the 1927 date: the Simon Commission came the same year, so students mix up their mandates.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Centre-Province jurisdiction was dealt with by the 1919 and 1935 Acts, not the Butler Committee.
- B. Wrong because the Secretary of State's powers were not its remit.
- C. Wrong because press censorship had nothing to do with this committee.
Source to check: Bipan Chandra, India's Struggle for Independence, chapter on the princely states; NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part III, Chapter 15 'Framing the Constitution' (on princely states)
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