what is privy purse? When abolished the privy purses by Indian government
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IT WAS A SPECIAL PAYMENT TO THE NOBLE FAMILIES OF PRINCELY STATES IT WAS ABOLISHED IN 1949......
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In India, the Privy Purse was a payment made to the ruling (royal or lower) families of erstwhile princely states as part of their agreements to first integrate with India in 1947, and later to merge their states in 1949 whereby they lost all ruling rights. The Privy Purse was continued to the royal families until the 26th Amendment in 1971, by which all their privileges and allowances from the Central Government ceased to exist, was implemented after a two-year legal battle.In some individual cases however, privy purses were continued for life for individuals who had held ruling powers before 1947.
The motion to abolish Privy Purses in India, and the official recognition of the titles, was originally brought before the Parliament in 1969 and passed in the Lok Sabha, but failed by one vote to reach the required two-thirds majority in the Rajya Sabha, 149 voting for and 75 against.
It was again proposed in 1971, and was successfully passed as the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India in 1971.Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi argued the case for abolition based on equal rights for all citizens and the need to reduce the government's revenue deficit.
The motion to abolish Privy Purses in India, and the official recognition of the titles, was originally brought before the Parliament in 1969 and passed in the Lok Sabha, but failed by one vote to reach the required two-thirds majority in the Rajya Sabha, 149 voting for and 75 against.
It was again proposed in 1971, and was successfully passed as the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India in 1971.Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi argued the case for abolition based on equal rights for all citizens and the need to reduce the government's revenue deficit.
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