Minor-II Paper-III (History): Constitutional History of India
Dibrugarh University · LL.B. Semester 3 · B.A.,LL.B.: 3.3
Unit I — Constitutional Development
1.1 Indian Legislature under British Crown. 1.1.1. Government of India Act 1858 1.1.2The Indian Council Act 1861
Unit II — Indian Council Act
2.1 Development of Legislature Council in India under: 2.1.1 The Indian Council Act 1892 2.1.2 Morley-Minto Reforms 2.1.3 The Indian Council Act 1909
Unit III — Constitutional Development from 1919 to 1932
3.1 Montagu-Chelmsford reforms · 3.2 The Government of India Act 1919 3.2.1 Development of Legislature Council 3.2.2 Dyarchy System 3.2.3 Provisions of the Act of 1919 3.2.4 Merits and Demerits of the Act · 3.3 Nehru’s Report 1928 · 3.4 Simon Commissions Report 1929 · 3.5 Communal Award · 3.6 Poona Pact
Unit IV — The Government of India Act 1935
4.1 Provisions of the Act · 4.2 Basic Principles of Federation · 4.3 Development of Legislature and Executive System in India · 4.4 Federal Court (provisions) · 4.5 Merits and Demerits of the Act.
Unit V — Constitutional Development from 1935 to 1947
5.1 August offer · 5.2 Cripps Mission · 5.3 Shimla Conference · 5.4 The Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 · 5.5 Mountbatten Plan · 5.6 Indian Independence Act 1947 · 5.7 Meeting of the Indian Constitution · 5.8 Features of Indian Constitution
- Cripps Mission (1942), Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) and the Indian Independence Act (1947)
- Genesis and Growth of Communalism and Partition of India
- Making of the Constitution — CAD: Constituent Assembly Debates
- Indian Independence Act, 1947
- Historical background and framing of the Indian Constitution
- Salient Features of the Indian Constitution