HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Member of Privy Council
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Member of Viceroy’s Council
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Secretary of State for India
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Viceroy of India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Edwin Samuel Montagu served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. After becoming Secretary of State, he began work on a British policy to provide for “progressive realization of responsible government” in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Edwin Samuel Montagu served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 20th August 1917, Montagu presented the historic Montagu Declaration (August Declaration) in the British Parliament. This declaration proposed the increased participation of Indians in the administration and the development of self-governing institutions in India.
Detailed explanation-4: -The number of Indians in Viceroy’s Executive Council would be three out of eight members. Establishment of bicameral Provincial Legislative councils. Reserved subjects like Finance, Law and Order, Army, Police etc. Transferred subjects like Public Health, Education, Agriculture, Local Self-government etc.