Constitutional History of India

Contents: Preface. I. Constitutional History of India: 1. Introduction: i. National movement and Indian National Congress-leaders of movement. ii. Administrative powers of East India Company (1600-1770). iii. Freedom movement in Tamilnadu. 2. The regulating act. 3. Judicature act of 1781. 4. Dundas's bill. 5. Fox India bill. 6. Pitt's India act. 7. Act of 1786. 8. Declaratory act of 1788. 9. Charter acts: i. 1793. ii. 1813. iii. 1833. iv. 1853. 10. Government of India act of 1858. 11. Queen's proclamation of 1858. 12. Indian Councils acts of 1861 and 1892. 13. Minto-morley reforms (1909). 14. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms (1919): i. Estimate on dyarchy. ii. Central legislature. 15. Government of India act, 1919. 16. Khilafat movement. 17. Swaraj party. 18. Constitutional development from 1919 to 1935: i. Muddiman Committee report. ii. Appointment of Simon Commission. iii. Nehru report. iv. Jinnah's fourteen points. v. Round table conferences. 19. Government of India act, 1935: i. Powers of the Governor-General under the Act of 1935. ii. Powers of the Governor under the Act of 1935. iii. Composition and powers of federal legislature. iv. Provincial legislature. v. Provincial autonomy. 20. Constitutional development from 1937 to 1950. 21. The Indian Independence act of 1947. 22. Integration of native states. II. The Constitution of India: 1. Constitution of India 1950--Introduction. 2. Formation of Constituent Assembly and framing of the constitution. 3. Salient features of the constitution of India. 4. Procedure for amending the constitution of India. 5. Significance of the preamble of the constitution. 6. Citizenship of existing law. 7. Fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution. 8. Directive principles of state policy and their significance. 9. Election of President of India. 10. Powers and functions of the President. 11. Emergency powers of the President. 12. Position and powers of the Vice-President. 13. Powers and functions of the Prime Minister. 14. Composition, term and powers of Rajya Sabha. 15. Composition, term and powers of Lok Sabha. 16. Composition and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India. 17. Powers of Parliament. 18. Money bills and How they are passed? 19. Ordinance and its significance. 20. Financial procedure of parliament. 21. Role of Governor in the state administration. 23. Inter-state relations under the Indian Constitution. 24. Special provisions made in the constitution for scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes. 25. Miscellaneous topics: i. U.P.S.C. ii. Zonal Councils. iii. The attorney-General of India. iv. Comptroller and auditor-general. v. The public Service Commission. vi. The Election Commission. Index.

"The study deals with all aspects of the Constitutional History of India and the Constitution of India in detail with different phases of the history of Freedom Movement. In this work the events have been recorded in chronological order. The study also provides an introduction to the history of Freedom Movement. The Constitutional History of India is traced in a simple manner so as to fulfil the requirements of the students and the general readers." (jacket)