The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments.

Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.

Impose censorship on national press.

Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.

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The Butler Committee, officially known as the Indian States Committee, was appointed in 1927 by the British government, headed by Sir Harcourt Butler. Its primary mandate was to examine the relationship between the Paramount Power (the British Crown) and the Indian Princely States, and to make recommendations for the satisfactory settlement of the financial and economic relations between British India and the States. The overarching objective was to improve and clarify the complex and often strained relationship between the government of British India and the numerous semi-autonomous princely states. Option D accurately reflects this main object.

– The Butler Committee was the Indian States Committee of 1927.
– Its focus was on the relationship between British India and the Princely States.

The Committee’s report (1929) asserted the paramountcy of the British Crown and stated that the states could not be transferred to a future self-governing British India without their agreement. This concept of paramountcy and the committee’s recommendations played a significant role in the discussions regarding the future integration of princely states into independent India.

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