White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 2/The Chamber of Princes
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The Chamber of Princes
34. The Chamber was a deliberative, consultative, and advisory body, which was brought into being by a Royal Proclamation on 8th February, 1921. The Proclamation stated: "My Viceroy will take its (the Chamber's) counsel freely in matters relating to the territories of the Indian States generally, and in matters that affect those territories jointly with British India, or with the rest of My Empire." The establishment of the Chamber did not affect the individual relations between any State and the Crown, but it involved a deviation from the earlier policy under which the Crown discouraged joint action and deliberation between the Indian States.