INDIA 137 INDIA The casualties numbered about 115,000. By the end of 1919 only about 13,000 British troop4B remained to be demobil- ized in India. Government. — The present form of government of India results from the Indiaa Act of 1915, and amended in 1916 and in 1919. The administration is entrusted to a Secretary of State for India, who resides in England and who is assisted by a council of from 8 to 12 members. In 1919 power was given for the appointment of a high commissioner tive Assembly consists of 144 members^ of whom 26 are officials, and 103 are elected. The Council of State exists for five years and the Assembly for three years. The various departments of govern- ment are in charge of the governor-geiv eral's executive council. For adminis- trative purposes India is divided into 15 administrations, each of which has a gov- ernor, lieutenant-governor, or chief com- missionary. Important changes in the government of the provinces were THE GOLDEN TEMPLE AT AMRITSAR, INDIA of India, to whom may be delegated pow- ers by the Secretary of State respecting contracts. In India, the supreme executive au- thority is vested in a Governor-General Council. The governor-general, or vice- roy, is appointed by the Crown and holds office generally for five years. Thei-e is a legislature consisting of the governor- general and two chambers, the Council of State and the Legislative Assembly. The Council of State consists of not more than 60 members, of whom not more than 20 are official?. The Legisla- brought about by the Government of India Act of 1919, which went into ef- fect in 1920. This brings about a greater amount of self-government than heretofore existed. Religion, Philosophy, History, etc. — Hindu theology is contained in the an- cient books of the Vedas, which inculcate the worship of the deities, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, the transmigration of souls, and their final absorption into the deity. Buddhism had also its origin in Hindustan, and Mohammedism now ex- tensively prevails. Philosophy, science.
