Administrative and Constitutional History of Modern India

Paper Code: 
HIS 422 (C)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives

This course will enable the students –

  1. To introduces students to the  key features of the 19th century in the Indian subcontinent.
  2. To discusses the processes by which the British East India Company transformed itself into a state and gradually consolidated its position over a vast expanse through the administrative and judicial systems.
  3. To understand the evolution of colonial institutions of governance and developing forms of colonial exploitation.
  4.  To highlight the administrative and constitutional History of India ,growth of legislative councils and the different Acts passed by the British
  5. To study about the formation of Constituent Assembly and the Constitution

Course Outcomes

Course

Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

HIS 422 (C)

Administrative and Constitutional History of Modern India

The students will be able –

CO157-Students will understand the growth of Administrative and Judicial Systems during 1793-1858 with special reference to the Charter Acts of 1813, 1833 and 1853 and the Act of 1858

CO158-Students will comprehend the processes and functioning of the British with focus on recruitment to Civil Services – Demand for Indianisation of Services, Role of Bureaucracy.

CO159-Students will be able to analyse the Growth of Legislative Councils (1853-1909)

CO160-Students will study the provisions of the Government of India Acts 1919 and Dyarchy.Act of 1935 and Provincial Autonomy

CO161-Students will be acquainted with the formation and working of the Constituent Assembly and the constitution of 1950.
  • Interactive Lectures
  •  Group Discussions
  • Tutorials
  • Reading Assignments
  •  Asking Effective questions
  • Documentary Screening
  • Power Point Presentation

 

Class test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Class Assignment, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

12.00

Growth of Administrative and Judicial Systems during 1773-1858 with special reference to the Charter Acts of -The Regulating Act of 1773, Amending Act of 1781,Pitt’s India Act of 1784, The Charter Act of 1813, The Charter Act of 1833.

 

12.00

Recruitment to Civil Services – Demand for Indianisation of Services, Role of Bureaucracy

Process of Administrative decentralization

10.00

Growth of Legislative Councils (1853-1909)- The Charter Act of 1853, Indian Council Act of 1861, Indian Council Act of 1892, Minto Morely Reform Act 1909.

 

14.00

Government of India Acts 1919 and Dyarchy.

Act of 1935 and Provincial Autonomy

Cabinet Mission Plan

 

12.00

Constituent Assembly and the constitution of 1950.

Salient Features of the constitution.

 

Essential Readings: 

Recommended Readings :

  • B.B. Mishra : Administrative history of India( 1834-1947)
  • B. Prasad : Origin of Provincial Autonomy
  • C.H. Phillips : Evolution of India and Pakistan. 1858-1947
  • B.N. Pandey : Introduction of English Law in India
  • Coupland : The Constitutional Problem
  • A.B. Keith : A Constitutional History of India 
  • M.V. Pylee : Constitutional Government in India
  • Ilbert Courtney : Government of India
  • VCP Choudhary : Administration of Lord Lytton
  • H.L. Singh : Problems and Policies of British in India
  • Spangenberg : British Bureaucracy in India
  • Sanghmitra: Indian Consititution Acts : East India Company to Independence.

 

References: 

Charter Acts (1793-1833)

Indian Civil services

Growth of Legislative Councils (1853-1909)-

Government of India Acts 1919-1935

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24
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