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082 _a342.024 MUN v.1
100 _aMunshi, K. M.
245 0 _aIndian constitutional documents
260 _aBombay
260 _bBharatiya Vidhya Bhavan
260 _c1967
300 _a619p.
520 _aThis book is a politico-biographical introduction to the series Indian Constitutional Documents, Munshi Papers, in four volumes. It is a veritable mine of hitherto unpublished episodes and documents. The author has been in the centre of the stage of Indian public life for over six decades as lawyer, politician, administrator, Governor, diplomat and constitution-maker. Having been in the thick of history in the making, he has been a participant in, or has had personal knowledge of, events and developments that have resulted in the India of today. In his inimitable racy style, Dr. Munshi surveys events in India from the days of Bengal Partition, through the Home Rule Agitation and the various phases of the country's struggle for freedom, right up to the forging of a Constitution for our Sovereign Democratic Republic. The book deals, among others, with the Round Table Conferences, Congress Ministries, Akhand Hindustan movement, Partition, integration of Princely India and the formulation of the Consti tution, with a masterly commentary on its various provisions e.g., minorities, language and lingu ism, Parliament, President, judiciary and emer. gency provisions. At the end there is a review of the trends thrown up by the Constitution in its operation during the last 17 years. Fully documented with appendices and a complete index, the book will be of inestimable value to student and scholar, lawyer and politician, histo rian and citizen.
650 _aK. M. Munshi-Constitutional documents
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