The Royal Commission Upon Decentralization; the British Raj and Indian opinion, 1907 to 1909.  Dept. of History (May 25,1965). iv, iii, 134 l. Brief summary.

“In 1907 a Royal commission was appointed to inquire into the possibility of decentralizing some of the powers of the government of India. In the course of its investigation, the Royal Commission upon Decentralization came into conflict with the India Office, the government of India, and the aspirations of the Indian nationalists. This paper describes British attitudes toward the administration of their empire, the relationship between the India Office and the government of India and the provincial governments, English conceptions of the role of Indians in the governing of India , and the views of Indian nationalists and the native press regarding the role Indians should play in the governing of India.” The abstract.