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<div>{{Short description|vithal ramaji shinde had expressed his intention for representation of depressed classes before this committee}}<br />
The '''Southborough Committee''', referred to at the time as the '''Franchise Committee''', was one of three British committees which sat in India from 1918 to 1919, including also the [[Committee on Home Administration]] and the [[Feetham Function Committee]].<ref name="Alam2004">{{cite book|author=Jawaid Alam|title=Government and politics in colonial Bihar, 1921-1937|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSceVSL-3C8C&pg=PA55|accessdate=31 May 2011|year=2004|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-979-9|pages=55–56}}</ref><br />
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The committee was chaired by [[Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough]], and recommended:<br />
{{cquote|...&nbsp;a scheme of territorial constituencies, urban and rural, the latter based on the existing land revenue districts, together with communal representation for Mohammedans and Sikhs (as contemplated in the original scheme) and for Indian Christians, Europeans, and Anglo-Indians: and the representation of special interests, including commerce and industry.<ref name="(Lala)1919">{{cite book|author=Lajpat Rai (Lala)|title=The political future of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=181GAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA231|accessdate=31 May 2011|year=1919|publisher=B. W. Huebsch|pages=231–}}</ref>}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Government agencies established in 1918]]<br />
[[Category:1919 disestablishments]]<br />
[[Category:1918 in India]]<br />
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