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CAP 4.4

The proposed alterations in the units of administration are intended to put an end to the growing evil of Provincialism, unhealthy rivalries and unnecessary Controversies. Provincial legislatures are but costly shows serving no useful purpose. Their abolition will conduce to economy and efficiency in administration and to concentration of power in the Federal Government to […]

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CAP 4.5

Irequest that the Constituent Assembly may pass the ne[unclear]essary legislation to bring about such a change. It may be the Government are contemplating to bring about such a change, but the sooner it is don the better. Jai Hind.

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CAP 4.8

Sir, I venture to place before the Government of India proposals for the abolition of the existing provinces, individual S a and the States’ Unions together with their Legislatures, and substituting in their stead, smaller units of administration for the better government of India. The existing provinces or the future[unclear] linguistic provinces envis ed in […]

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CAP 4.9

(I) Formation of smaller units about fifty in a , each consisting five districts on the average, is desira[unclear]e in the present political atmosphere. For example take the case of the envisaged Andhra Province. The districts of Vizagapatam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Kistna and Guntur may be formed into one state; the districts of Nellore, […]

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CAP 4.15

The division of Federal India into fiftyor more states as[unclear] stated above will put an end to all controversies, regarding linguistic provinces,boundarydisputes, conflicting claimson the cities of Bombay and Madras and the accession of Hyderabad. All forces of disintegration ch as Communalism, nepotism and corruptions of all kinds can be more easily eradicated. The cost […]

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