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Coll 1/23 'Aden, Administration and Control: changes consequent on Indian Constitutional Charges; transfer to HMG' [43v] (91/1106)
The record is made up of 1 volume (551 folios). It was created in 24 Jan 1933-11 Jan 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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10
RECORDS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
20° Novembris, 1933.] Memorandum by Sib Phikoze [Continued.
C. Sethna, O.B.E., on the Futuke Constitution of Aden.
administration was made without our consent and without our knowledge,
but India is a member of the great British Empire and for that reason we
no longer press for the return to this country of what is already transfacred
in the way of the political and. military administration. So far a „.lie
civil administration is concerned ;we protest and protest most stoutly for
the reasons 1 have endeavoured to place before the Council.
“I do hope, Sir, that Government will accede to our wishes and keep
the civil administration with the Government of India or if necessary with
the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
. It is one thing for Government to ask for
our opinion and quite another if Government do not give heed to that
opinion. We do hope that the Leader of the House will give us an assur
ance that if the view held by the Legislature is against the transfer that
Government will consider itself hound to respect the wishes of the Legisla
ture and their wishes are what is practically desired by the country at
large.”
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speech of the Honourable Mr. B. K. Basu. It is as follows: —
“ l Si r , the real excuse that I have for intervening in this debate i
that I am suffering^ from some intellectual tortures ever since I rea<
this communique. First, as was very ably traversed by Sir Phirozi
Sethna, I find the words ‘ geographically remote ’ giving me one o
those tortures because when I find that we have places under thi
administration of the Government of India which are more or less
shall I say fortunately or unfortunately, placed in the same positioi
as Aden. Take, for example, the island of Andamans. It is in th
very same inconvenient or convenient geographical position. Geo
graphically, the Andamans is nearer to Ceylon than to India. Wb
does not the Colonial Government say, ‘Give us the Andamans?’ Wi
ni e g ad to make a present of it to them; we would not stand ii
their way Secondly, the commiunique says that Aden will not natural!
into le new federation. Here again the question tortures me
How can the Andamans be fitted into the federation, and if th
Andamans can be fitted into the contemplated Indian federation wh
cannot Aden be fitted in; it is not very difficult; if you can fit in tb
one, you can fit m the other.”
Government members did not vote. The non-official members both elect*
and nominated, supported the motion and it was adopted.
On 16th September, 1933, Sir Joseph Shore, the Leader of the Hous
LeglS ! 1 tl I®,"onf™ ' ly ’ also move d, “ That the Government of Indi
\de^ K q ri dated + 2 ° th JU i le ’ 1933 ’ yarding the future administration o
t1m P int * C0n s. ldera t lo n.” There were several amendments oi
iml on fqT r Q + did not end <>» that day and was re
waradnn+J r September, 1933, when the following substituted motio:
was adopted, Government members not voting: —
to t^=^ their emphatic protest against the complete transfe
been an intoo-ml CG ® e ^^ emen ‘fc which has for about a centur
requests the Governor-GenS't * he ^ sse “ b !
Government the strong desire o the neon T rt’..n
transfer should not tike plane ’’ P d ‘ a tha ‘ the l ’ rOp0Se
Indian 6 Legislature^ tlf “‘l "'"T tw ° r<-S0,uti<>TIS "> the two Houses of th
agl'nrt the monoiJ' r T* 4“ m ° re meetin g s held in Aden protestin
against the p,oposed transfer. The proposed transfer will seriously affet
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The volume contains extensive reports, memoranda and correspondence documenting discussions of the possible transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office. The primary authors and correspondents are the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department, the Colonial Office, the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Secretary of State for India, the Aden Standing Committee, the Viceroy, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, and the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform.
The majority of this correspondence concerns the following: the formal debates in the Council of State and the Central Legislative Assembly; the opinions of the Indian and Aden populations, both for and against transfer to the Colonial Office; and the wording of official statements. Tensions between the UK Government of the Government of India are well documented throughout the file.
The volume also contains letters and petitions from Aden and Indian citizens, politicians and trade associations, communicating their concerns over the Salt Tariff, future taxation, and either the marginalisation or dominance of Indian interests. Reports and printed proceedings of the Council of State, Central Legislative Assembly, and Joint Foreign Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform can be found at folios 166-230, and 38-48.
The following points are discussed at length within the volume: the desire of the Colonial Office to effect transfer prior to Indian independence; the importance of Aden to British imperial defence and communications; the disadvantages if Aden were to be administered as part of a federated India; the possible financial and military role of the Government of India, should Aden transfer to the Colonial Office; the financial contribution made by India; the status of Indian citizens in Aden; the question of continued representation in the Bombay High Court for Aden citizens; the possibility of maintaining the preferential Salt tariff; Aden's free port status; the possible role for Indian Service Personnel in Aden; and the impact on Indian and Aden businesses under Colonial Office administration, particularly on the salt trade.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found within the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).
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- 1 volume (551 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 551; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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