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“The significant feature of the Indian Councils Act of 1892 was the principle of election which it introduced, though the word ‘election’ was very carefully avoided in it.”

  • UPSC 2025
  • Early Indian Nationalism

The Indian Councils Act of 1892, conceded by the government under Lord Cross as Secretary of State, marked the colonial state's first — deliberately hesitant — acknowledgment of the representative principle in Indian legislatures.

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  • Background: Congress Pressure and Dufferin's Caution
  • Provisions: A Cautious Enlargement
  • The Mechanics of the "Carefully Avoided" Election
  • Why the Word "Election" Was Avoided
  • Significance and Limits

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