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Founding of the Chamber of Princes(1921)

The Chamber of Princes was constituted by royal proclamation in 1921. Ganga Singh of Bikaner was the dominant influence behind its creation and served as its first Chancellor.

Founding of the Chamber of Princes

What you need to know

  • Constituted by royal proclamation in 1921 as a deliberative consultative and advisory body
  • Ganga Singh of Bikaner was the dominant personal influence behind its creation
  • He served as its first Chancellor from 1920 to 1926
  • Gave the princely states a collective institutional voice for the first time
  • Bikaner's hereditary salute was raised to nineteen guns the same year
  • Ganga Singh's collected speeches were published as India's Imperial Partnership

    • Participants

    • Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner

      Principal architect and first Chancellor

      Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner

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      Principal architect and first Chancellor

      40 yrs at event

      Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner

      Maharaja of Bikaner (1887–1943). Only non-white member of Lloyd George’s Imperial War Cabinet (1917); signed the Treaty of Versailles for India; delegate to the League of Nations. First Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes (1921–1926). Bikaner’s hereditary gun salute was elevated from 17 to 19 in 1921 for his WWI service.

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    • Delhi

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      Delhi

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      Delhi

      Imperial capital of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals and modern India.

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      Bikaner (Rathor Kingdom)

      Bikaner (Rathor Kingdom)

      Rathor Rajput kingdom of the Thar desert. Watan-jagir vassal of the Mughals from 1570 under Rai Singh.

    • British Raj

      British Raj

      British Raj

      Direct British Crown rule over the Indian subcontinent.

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    1921
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