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Question
What were the administrative demands of the early Nationalist leaders?
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Solution
Administrative Demands:
(i) They demanded for wider employment of Indian’s in the higher services.
(ii) Their major demand was Indianization of services through simultaneous ICS examinations in England and India.
(iii) Repeal of the Arms Act.
(iv) An increase in the powers of the local (municipal) bodies and reducing official control over them.
(v) They demanded for more jobs for Indians in the army, and the raising of an Indian volunteer force.
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