Chamber of Princes
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The Chamber of Princes was a consultative assembly established in British India to represent the interests and advise on the affairs of the rulers of the Indian princely states.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advisory body
ⓘ
consultative assembly ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Narendra Mandal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Indian princely states ⓘ |
| archivesAt | National Archives of India ⓘ |
| authority | Viceroy of India ⓘ |
| composition |
representatives of certain princely states
ⓘ
rulers of Indian princely states ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| createdUnder |
Government of India Act 1919
ⓘ
surface form:
Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
|
| dissolutionCause | Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1947 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ |
| excludes |
Baroda State
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroda State (initially)
Gwalior State ⓘ
surface form:
Gwalior State (initially)
Hyderabad State ⓘ
surface form:
Hyderabad State (initially)
|
| function |
consultation on legislation affecting princely states
ⓘ
forum for discussion between princely rulers and British authorities ⓘ |
| governingBody | Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ |
| hasMembership | over 100 princely states ⓘ |
| hasPart | Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ |
| hasType | upper‑style consultative chamber for princely rulers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late British Raj ⓘ |
| inception | 1921 ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Delhi, India
ⓘ
surface form:
New Delhi
|
| meetsAt |
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament House, New Delhi
|
| meetsFrequency | periodic sessions ⓘ |
| memberOf | Imperial Legislative Council structure ⓘ |
| namedBy | Viceroy of India ⓘ |
| partOf | British Indian constitutional framework ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro‑British imperial framework ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | advisory, not sovereign ⓘ |
| precededBy | informal durbars of princely rulers ⓘ |
| purpose |
to advise the British Indian government on affairs of princely states
ⓘ
to represent the interests of rulers of Indian princely states ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Council of State (British India)
ⓘ
Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
surface form:
Legislative Assembly (British India)
|
| replacedBy | no equivalent body after Indian independence ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Viceroy of India ⓘ |
| significance | first formal collective representation of Indian princes at all‑India level ⓘ |
| significantEvent | first meeting held in 1921 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
constitutional history of India
ⓘ
history of Indian princely states ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.