§ 27. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for India whether with regard to the partial handing-over by 196 the Government of Bombay of certain villages to the Bhor Durbar the inhabitants have made any protest; and whether they will lose their status or rights as British-Indian subjects?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Butler)I understand that the right hon. and gallant Member is referring to the circumstances a few years ago in which the ruler of Bhor was given landlord's rights, but not sovereignty or jurisdiction, over certain villages in British India in compensation for the portion of his territory which was taken over by the Government for the construction of the Lloyd Dam at Bhatgar. The status and rights of the inhabitants as British-Indian subjects were in no way affected, and I am not aware that they made any protest.