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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Schedules of Indian Constitution

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The constitution of India at the time of adoption had only eight Schedules to which four more were added during the succeeding 60 years. ...

Important Articles of the Constitution of India

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Articles - Subject Part I Ar . 1 – 4 – The Union and its Territory Part II Art. 5 to 11 – Citizenship Part – III : Fundamental Rights Art. ...

Sources of the Indian Constitution

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The frame of the constitution was built on the basis of Government of India Act, 1935. However, many ideas were brought from other constitu...

Members of Drafting Committee of Constitution of India

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Drafting Committee, which bore the responsibility of drafting the Constitutional document during the recess of the Constituent Assembly, fr...

Working of Constituent Assembly

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December 9, 1946 : The first meeting of Constituent Assembly was held in the constitution hall(now 'Central Hall of Parliament House...

Committees under the Constituent Assembly

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Committee on the Rules of procedure - Rajendra Prasad Drafting Committee - B.R. Ambedkar Steering Committee - Rajendra Prasad

The Constituent Assembly and Making of Indian Constitution

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The Constituent Assembly was set up while India was still under British rule, following negotiations between Indian leaders and members of ...

The Indian Independence Act, 1947

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Indian Independence Act was passed in June 1947, which specified the following: The British rule of India should be over on the midnight ...

The Mountbatten Plan

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Lord Mountbatten worked out a detailed plan for the transfer of power to the Indian people. The salient features of the Mountbatten plan we...

Cabinet Mission Plan

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Main Provisions of the Cabinet Mission Plan: The Cabinet Mission proposed two-tiered federal plan which was expected to maintain national...

Cripps Mission

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The Cripps Mission came to India in 1942 headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a socialist member of the war cabinet, to negotiate with Indian lea...

Government of India Act of 1935

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The round table conferences of the early 1930's as well as a White Paper published in 1933 formed the basis for what would become the G...

Simon Commission

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The Indian Statutory Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament that had been dispatched to India in 1927 to study const...

Government of India act of 1919

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This was the next major revision of the administration policy of the British in India. The earlier Morley-Minto reforms had failed to satis...

Government of India Act, 1915

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This act was passed to consolidate the provisions of the proceeding Government of India Acts.

Indian Council Act 1909 or Morley – Minto Reforms

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Morley was the Secretary of State, while Minto was the Indian Viceroy. Legislative Councils, both at the Centre and in the Provinces, wer...

Indian Councils Act 1892

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Two improvements in both the Central and the Provincial Legislative Councils were suggested to the following : Though the majority of the...

Indian Councils Act of 1861

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For the first time the Act introduces the representative institutions in India. It enabled the Governor- General to associate representati...

Government of India Act, 1858

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The first war of Indian Independence in 1857 brought the career of East India Company to an end. In 1858, the Government of India was plac...

The Charter Act of 1853

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Laid foundation of Parliamentary system of Government, the executive and legislative separated. Legislative Assembly functioned in the mod...