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off from the people. In 1934, the Bengal Criminal Amendment Bill had been passed with the express aim to put down what the British called the %u201cterrorist movement%u201d and gave the police extremely wide-ranging powers. Naturally, opposition grew against its many draconian provisions. Opposing the bill, the Maharaja had written, %u201cit should be borne in mind that the body composing the government exists for the people and that the people do not exist for the body composing the government.%u201d Despite being born into a line of kings, he had a liberal bent of mind. The year prior to Maharaja Alak Narayan in his Tiger Moth12