Constitution Development in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Development of Indian constitution and its acts. 3. The regulating act 1773. 4. Government of India Act, 1909. 5. The Government of India Act, 1919. 6. Provisions of Government of India Act, 1935. 7. Evolution of the Indian constitution. 8. Preamble to the constitution of India. 9. The philosophy of the Indian constitution. 10. Amendment of the constitution of India. 11. Fundamental rights in India. 12. Directive principles in India. 13. Constituent Assembly. Bibliography. Index. 

The regulating Act of 1773 was first act of British Parliament to exercise indirect control over the affairs of East India company’s rule in India. By 1773, the East India Company (EIC) was in deep financial trouble. The Indian councils Act 1892 was enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to increase the size of the various legislative councils in British India. This act was made in response to the demand from the Indian National Congress to expand legislative councils. The 1935 act was condemned by nearly all sections and unanimously rejected by the Congress. The Congress demanded convening of Constituent assembly elected on the basis of adult franchise to frame a constitution for independent India. Constitution is a legally sanctified document, considering of the basic governing principles of the State and sets out the framework and the principal functions of the organs of the Government of a state. This present book is primarily written as textbook for the university students at the graduate and postgraduate level of studies on Indian government and politics and it helps to the candidates appearing in competitive exams like I.A.S., I.P.S and other central and state services. (jacket)