Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes
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The Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes was a smaller, permanent body of selected Indian princes that handled the chamber’s routine business and represented its interests between full sessions during British rule in India.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes canonical | 2 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
committee
ⓘ
governmental advisory body ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | princely states of India ⓘ |
| composition | selected rulers of Indian princely states ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1947 ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
advisory function to the Viceroy on princely state matters
ⓘ
communication channel between princes and British Indian government ⓘ coordination of policies among princely states ⓘ |
| hasMember | Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ |
| hasRole |
handled routine business of the Chamber of Princes
ⓘ
permanent body of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ representative body of selected Indian princes ⓘ represented interests of the Chamber of Princes between full sessions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late British Raj ⓘ |
| inception | 1921 ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Chamber of Princes ⓘ |
| location |
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Legislative Council House, New Delhi
New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form:
New Delhi
|
| meetsAt | Council House, New Delhi ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 12 ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Government of British India
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of India (British Raj)
|
| partOf | Chamber of Princes ⓘ |
| purpose |
to consider matters affecting the interests of the princes between plenary sessions
ⓘ
to prepare agenda and business for full meetings of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ to provide continuous representation of princely states ⓘ |
| replacedBy | no direct successor after integration of princely states into India and Pakistan ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | elected by and from members of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Viceroy of India ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | British rule in India ⓘ |
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