It was based in London and initially consisted of 15 members.
[2] It is different from the Viceroy's Executive Council based in India, which was the advisory body and cabinet of the Governor-General of India/Viceroy, which was originally established in 1773 as the Council of Four.
In 1907, two Indians, Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta and Nawab Syed Hussain Bilgrami, were appointed by Lord Morley as members of the council.
Bilgrami retired early in 1910 owing to ill-health and his place was taken by Mirza Abbas Ali Baig.
[5][6] Other members included Raja Sir Daljit Singh (1915–1917), C. Rajagopalachari (1923–1925), Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (1924–1934) and Sir Abdul Qadir The Secretary of State's Council of India was abolished by the Government of India Act 1935.