Mudiman Committee (1924) - General Knowledge of Modern India
To meet the demands of the Indian leaders and in view of the proposal adopted by the Swaraj Party in the early 1920s, the British Government set up a committee, also known as the Mudinman Committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Alexander Mudinman, constituted. Apart from the British, four Indian members were also included in the committee.
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Indian Members included the following:
- Sir Shivaswami Iyer
- Dr. R.P. Paranjpe
- Sir Tej Bahadur Sapre
- Mohammad Ali Jinnah
The reason behind the formation of this committee was to review the constitution established in 1921 under the Indian Councils Act, 1919 and the functioning of the bicameral system of governance. The report of this committee was presented in 1925 which was divided into two parts – Minority and Majority Report.
Majority /Majority Report: This included government servants and loyalists. He declared that the diarchy could not be established. He also believed that the system was not given the right opportunity and therefore recommended only minor changes.
Minority /Minority Report: This included only non-official Indians. It believed that the Act of 1919 had proved unsuccessful. It also outlined what should be included in a constitution that would self-motivate sustainable and future progress.
Therefore, this committee recommended the appointment of a royal commission/royal commission. India Secretary Lord Birkenhead said that steps would be taken on the basis of majority/ majority report.
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