Freedom Movement and Constitutional Development

Paper Code: 
POL 323-B
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper focuses in detail on the freedom struggle of India and the growth of constitutional and parliamentary democracy in India Through the various Acts passed during the British regime It incorporates the influences that shaped the course of modern India. It enables the students to understand the background of the Indian Constitutional.

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT 1

Historical Background of British Colonialism, India’s first armed struggle for freedom-1857, Establishment Act of 1858 of Congress

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Revolutionary Movement, Growth of Communalism, Morley Minto Reform Act of 1909

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

Government of India Act of 1919, Genesis of Gandhi- Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

 Civil Disobedience Movement, Government of India Act 1935

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT 5

Muslim League, Demand for Partition, Quit India Movement, Indian Independence Act of 1947

Essential Readings: 
  • RC Agarwal, Constitutional Development and National Movement of India, New Delhi, Sultan Chand & Sons
  •  Bipan Chandra, Freedom Struggle, New Delhi, National Book Trust
  •  JC Johari, Indian Government and Politics(vol I&II), Delhi, Vishal Publications
  •  BL Fadia, Indian Government and Politics, Agra Sahitya Bhawan
References: 
  •  DC Gupta, Indian Government and Politics, Delhi, Vikas Publishing House
  •  WH Morris Jones, The Government and Politics of India, New Delhi, Universal Book Stall
  •  RC Aggarwal, Indian Political System, New Delhi, Sultan Chand & Sons
  •  Granville Austin, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
  • Granville Austin, Working A Democratic Constitution, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
Academic Year: 
2016-17
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