§ 6. Mr. NEIL MACLEANasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state the circumstances which led to the mutiny of Indian troops and the dismissal of 350 men of the 1st Imperial Service Lancers?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe troops in question did not belong to the Indian Army, but to the forces of His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad. The Hyderabad Government have assured the Government of India there is no likelihood of violence or cause for anxiety. The accounts of the incident that have appeared in the Press are understood to be substantially correct.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODAre they Mussulmans or Hindus?
§ Earl WINTERTONI must have notice of that question. It is a matter which concerns His Highness's Government.