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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Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes canonical 2

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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 Imperial Legislative Council House, New Delhi ⓘ
New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
meetsAt Council House, New Delhi ⓘ
numberOfMembers 12 ⓘ
parentOrganization 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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Chamber of Princes → hasPart → Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ
Chamber of Princes → governingBody → Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes ⓘ