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Administrative and Constitutional History of Modern India
Course Objectives
This course empowers students to analyze the British East India Company's evolution into a state and its consolidation through administrative and judicial mechanisms. It fosters critical evaluation of India's administrative and constitutional history, including the growth of legislative councils and the enactment of various Acts from 1813 to 1935. Additionally, students will assess the formation of the Constituent Assembly and the development of the Indian Constitution.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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24 HIS 422 (C) |
Administrative and Constitutional History of Modern India |
CO196-Assess administrative and judicial growth during 1793-1858, focusing on Charter Acts and the Act of 1858. CO197- Appraise British processes, Civil Services recruitment, Indianization demand, and Bureaucracy's role briefly CO198- Analyse the Growth of Legislative Councils (1853-1909) CO199- Examine Government of India Acts 1919, Dyarchy, and Act of 1935, focusing on Provincial Autonomy CO200-Critically evaluate the formation and working of the Constituent Assembly and the constitution of 1950. CO201-Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
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Class test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Class Assignment, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
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.
Recruitment to Civil Services – Demand for Indianisation of Services, Role of Bureaucracy
Process of Administrative decentralization.
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.
Government of India Acts 1919 and Dyarchy.
Act of 1935 and Provincial Autonomy
Cabinet Mission Plan
Constituent Assembly and the constitution of 1950.
Salient Features of the constitution
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.
Charter Acts (1793-1833)
- https://www.adda247.com/upsc-exam/the-charter-act-of-1793/
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://ddceutkal.ac.in/Syllabus/MA_history/Paper_20.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj42rjomcr3AhWsyzgGHSngAmMQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2pBW2ltsiPB2C0-LBWWo_p
Indian Civil services
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/History%2520of%2520the%2520Commission%2520final%2520%25281%2529_0.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwixpcLsm8r3AhXxRmwGHWSBAt0QFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1IfIXhM5RPsF4E2O1AOLFx
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/19266/1/Unit-7.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi5jPqb3cf3AhVXRmwGHYlIASgQFnoECAUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3BL1lwdRpXDHFPO3BsDQO5
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/19341/1/Unit-8.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj_k-fZ3cf3AhWiRmwGHZ8aCpMQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2LgEl4SOjHsvlOyUXKXjxM
- http://egyankosh.ac.in//handle/123456789/63019
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08cf240f0b6497400154e/wp199_print.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiz79zb3sf3AhV7T2wGHUibBsUQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2GPI_H_Hef6DSR4y7uZMem
Growth of Legislative Councils (1853-1909)-
- https://selfstudyhistory.com/2020/10/23/the-charter-act-of-1853/
- https://lawsisto.com/Read-Central-Act/996/GOVERNMENT-OF-INDIA-ACT-1858
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20010/1/Unit-17.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjU9Zbu-sf3AhWcRmwGHRXwDWIQFnoECA0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2OVWbLws6HbeyxdUyVDBBH
Government of India Acts 1919-1935
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.lkouniv.ac.in/site/writereaddata/siteContent/202004132156500043Abha_Trivedi_Government_of_India_Act_1919.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiP3saP-8f3AhV5TWwGHWoTANwQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw18zNQZzABwfFS0sL5221Mt
- https://legislative.gov.in/legislativereferences/goi-act-1935
