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‘No native state should be left to exist in India which is not upheld by the British power or the political conduct of which is not under the absolute control.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 1992
  • Constitutional Developments in Colonial India, 1858-1935

This statement crystallises the imperial logic of tutelary sovereignty that came to govern British dealings with the Princely States — survival was conditional, and conditional strictly on total subordination to British power.

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