Himalayan Times (1955)

take the Lrm of much closer of the States was now put Creation Of States Ministry

unity in the political and ad- into one great common frame-

ministrative fields work and the former Indian Cm* tne passing of the

The next process began States and the territories of Independence Act in 1947 and

by the integration of theOrissa former British India were trans- the lapse of British paramountcy

States into the Province of formed into an integral whole. over the Indian Princes, the

onssa. This was soon followed British Administration and ST Kffre8ent»tive'a DePa,t"

by the formation of the United PrinrP* meat, could no longer continue
State of Saurashtra which ITinceS m being At the same time
brought together the territories In the early stages of British the need fjr a Department of
of over two hnndred Princes administration in India the the Government of India to
large and small into a new Governments of Princes were regulate their dealings with the
State with a common adminis- naturally regarded as being Indian Princes was obvious and
tration. The process now be- fore'g» Governments and the the States Ministry was created
came much more rapid and by **oieigh Department,- which was m duly 19*7. lhe achieye-
the middle of 1949 all the in the ponLlio of the Viceroy, mentsofthe Ministry under
Indian States had been integra- conducted the relations of Bri- its nrst Master, Sardar Patel,
led ether into newly-formed India with the Indian and its Secretary, Air V. P.
Unions of States or Unitary Stales as well as with the States Menon, will go down in Indian
States like Hyderabad and My- outside the borders of India. history as events of the highest
sore or into Cemrally Adminis- Later> ^ Department was de- importance, unifying the whole
tered areas, which were to te signaled "Foreign and Political of India and investing it with
Pa.tC. States of thef.tu.e, or Department", the I'oLtical Wing a new strength,
into the old Provinces. This into- dealing with the Indian States Qf tfae late Forei and
gration necessarily involved and the foreign dealing with Political Department, the Foreign
large-scale administrative chan- the countries lying out.i.ie Ind.a Department now survives in the
ges and attempts at reforming the Department expanded form of Mj[li of External
the admin strative machineryM f,,rther "' s,Ze '* was UP Affairs. Its activities have
the former Indian fetates. The Illto a separate Foreign Depart- u nded becaU8e 0f
task of improving administ-a- ment and a separate Political Ind]Vs new stalug aS an iude.
tive machinery and refi,r;nini; Department. pendent tovereisii country and
administrate methods cannot Mtt-r the coining into force the important role which she
be said to be quite complete of the Government of India Act is playing in international affairs,
in many of the B and C States of 1935, the foreign Depart- The Political Department part,
even today. ment became the Department on the other hand, having corn-
Two other very important of External Affairs but remained pleted its task of making India
events occurred in 1P4 > wh ch a Part °^ tne Government of into an integrated single politi-
finally bound India togeth r India and dealt with relations of c«l entity now disappears from
into one entity. The first of the countries lying outside India. the scene.

these was accomplished by the 0[l lhe other hand- the-heory -_

Federal Facial Integration ^^S^Y^SJS^S WANTED a Sanskrit

Committee on the r^ommendfl- 01 tne rnuces lay a.recr, wir.n ""M

tious of which the assets and the Urown m England and not teacher with I. A. and

^iS2gC^T3l Kavya Tbhtha quatifica

the former Indian State* weie 111 h's own person held the tione, preferably with a

divided under "Central' and post of Crown Representative know]edee of Nenali Pav

"State" headings according to and in .the capacity .of a repre- knowledge Ot JNepail. lay

whether they pertained to the sentanye of the King of Eng- according to sanctioned

Central or State field of admi- land conducted relations with

nistration. The second event the Indian Princes. The Crown scale.

was the passing of the Consti- Representative and th* Political n pp, rv

tution in November that year. Department under him were Secretary,

hencef rth no longer regarded Turnbull High Schjol,

The Constitut on of the as part of the Government of

Central Govern me. t as we 1 as India. "' Darjeehng