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2 unusual facts about Ilbert Bill


Charles Umpherston Aitchison

On this point, in connection with what is known as the Ilbert Bill, he advocated measures even more liberal than those proposed by Lord Ripon's government.

Ilbert Bill

It was named after Courtenay Ilbert, the recently appointed legal adviser to the Council of India, who had proposed it as a compromise between two previously suggested bills.



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