...misfortune is, that we are unable to s«e where the extravagance comes in. We have no superfluities in any direction, and for such a people as ourselves...either abolished, or its constitution so modified as to.hdmit of substantial Indian representation on >t. Of the two Under- Secretaries of State for India...

...coming Federal Council of the Empire. Their demands would be — (I enumerate the most important) : " (1) India must cease to be a dependency and be raised...State for India, one should be an Indian, and the salary of the Secretary of State should be placed on the British estimates, as in the case of the Secretary...

...partner with equal rights and responsibilities as an independent unit of the Empire." And further that : "India must be governed from Delhi and Simla, and not from Whitehall or Downing Street."3 The Congress also tried to woo the Muslim League. All these developments and the arrest of...