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Title: Report of the Indian Statutory Commission
Description: Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1930. First edition. Leather. A smart calf bound copy of this important Commission on the governing of India, with three folding colour maps. The first edition two volume publication of the Indian Statutory Commission, consisting of volume I, 'Report' and volume II, 'Recommendations&apos. With three folding colour maps across both volumes.The Indian Statutory Commission, also known as the Simon Commission, was a group of seven Members of Parliament assigned to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest and most important possession. The Commission published its two volume report in May 1930. It proposed the abolition of dyarchy and the establishment of representative government in the provinces.This is an important historical document regarding both the history of India and the British Empire. Bound in half calf with cloth covered boards. Very smart. Shelf wear to spine tail of vol II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Contemporary owner's stamp to head of title page, vol I. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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