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The famous 'Butler Committee' submitted its report in 1929, focusing specifically on:

A. The relationship between the Paramount Power and Indian Princely States✓ Correct Answer
B. Reforms in the educational framework of British India
C. The feasibility of establishing a federal police service
D. Labour welfare standards in industrial plantations

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Indian States Committee, chaired by Sir Harcourt Butler in 1927 and reporting in 1929, investigated the relationship between the British Crown as the Paramount Power and the Indian Princely States. Its primary objective was to clarify rights, obligations, and the nature of paramountcy. Other choices concerning educational frameworks or industrial labor welfare refer to entirely different historical commissions of the British era.

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