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Constitutional development, 1773–1935
Constitutional development, 1773–1935 for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 3 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Tamil.
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Parts of this chapter
Parliament and the Company, 1773–1853
Why Parliament began to regulate the East India Company, the Regulating Act of 1773 and its defects, the Act of Settlement of 1781, Pitt's India Act of 1784 and the double government, the Act of 1786, and the Charter Acts of 1793, 1813, 1833 and 1853 that ended the Company's trade, centralised law-making and opened the civil service to competition.Crown rule and the councils, 1858–1919
The transfer of rule to the Crown in 1858 and the Secretary of State for India, the Indian Councils Acts of 1861, 1892 and 1909 that slowly brought Indians into the councils, separate electorates for Muslims, the Montagu declaration of 1917 and the Government of India Act 1919 with dyarchy in the provinces and a bicameral central legislature.The Government of India Act 1935
How the 1935 Act came about, the All-India Federation and dyarchy at the Centre that never worked, the Federal, Provincial and Concurrent Lists, provincial autonomy and the Governor's powers, the franchise and communal representation, the Federal Court, Public Service Commissions and the RBI, the reactions to the Act and its legacy in the Constitution of India.Study this in the Upscore app to keep notes, save it for revision, track your practice scores and follow a plan to the exam date. It's free.
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