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Report On The Inspection Of Chiefs College 1932-33PDF 31
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‘a are now 79 Kumars on the roll of the Daly College. Three
of these aan Bling Princes, His Highness the Maharaja of Dhar aged 12%
years, His Highness the Maharaja of Chhatarpur aged 12 and His Highness
the Rana of Barwani aged 11; no other Salute States in Central India are at
resent under minority administration with the exception of the nine gun
Chiefship of Nagod. ‘The three minor Chiefs of Jobat, Lugasi and Mathwar
(non-salute) are at the College, also two heirs-apparent of Salute States
(Orehha and Khilchipur) and the son and heir of the heir-apparent of
Ajaigarh, a State with a salute of eleven guns. There are among the Kumars
four heirs-apparent of non-salute Chiefs, namely Surgana, Bert, Kathiwara,
and Khaniadhana, and there are others who are heirs-apparent of subordinate
Estates of importance, ¢.g., Basoda, Bakhtgarh, Raghogarh and Narwar.
3. As regards the up-bringing of future Rulers, therefore, the pésition
is that three out of the four Salute Chiefs in Central India who are minors
are at present being educated at the Daly College, while three future Rulers of
Salute States and the Chiefs and heirs-npparent of seven non-salute State are
also being trained there. They are receiving the nearest approach to an
English public-school education that is obtainable in India, a blend of moral,
mental and bodily discipline which is fully justified by its results and has
been recognized in the late Mr. 8. BR. Das’ scheme as the proper basis for the
future training of the sons of Indian gentlemen.
4, As regards those “ who may be expected to exercise an influence on
their (the Indian States’) administration, progress and development ”’, it is
beyond dispute that the education of the sons of nobles owing allegiance to
the larger States is essential for the progress of Indian civilisation. In
imparting sound learning to the aristocracy of the Indian States the Daly
College is performing a function of which the importance can hardly be over-
estimated at the present day,
5. F am therefore of opinion that from a political point of view the
Daly College is a most useful institution and that the annual grant-in-aid
now made to the College is money spent in the best interests of India.
W. 12 B. EGERTON,
Secretary to the Agent to the
Governor General in Central India,
MGHC~L—~VE10—10-7-33—45,
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