Excerpt from Papers Relating to the Application of the Principle of Dyarchy to the Government of India: To Which Are Appended the Report of the Joint Select Committee and the Government of India Act, 1919 Reasons for publication, xix Responsibility for invention Of dyarchy, xx I. The Duke Memorandum, xx This title explained, xx Con nexion Of Indian and Imperial problems, xx - The movement for political reform, xxi Responsible government preferred to self-government as definition of goal, xxii Necessity of gradual advance by first training electorates, xxii minto-morley reforms no training for responsible government, xxiii Dyarchy suggested, xxiii Its rejection, xxiii Its reconsideration in the form Of a scheme drafted by Sir William Duke, xxiv This experience repeated in subsequent inquiries, xxv Why the Duke Memorandum was not published, xxv Its circulation in India, xxvi Attack on the author in Parliament, xxvii Drafting Of the scheme defended, xxviii. II. Letter to the People Of India, xxix Publication of private letter and consequent agitation in India, xxx Reasons for replying to agitation, xxx Subsequent effects of the incident, xxx. III. Letter to Mr. Bhupendra Nath Basu, xxxi How the letter came to be written, xxxi The term dyarchy Its origin and utility, xxxii Assistance rendered by Indian Civil Servants, xxxiii Relations Of i.c.s. To Nationalists, xxxiv Circulation of letter, xxxiv Comments thereon, xxxv. IV, V, VI. Xxxv How these papers were compiled, xxxv Difficulty Of grasping system Of government from official reports, xxxvi. VII. Xxxvi Responsible government defined as the goal, Aug. 1917, xxxvi Origin Of the Joint Address, xxxvii Names Of the promoters, xxxviii Its premature publication, xxxviii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.