Norms and Politics
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau in the Making of the Indian Constitution, 1935–50
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9780199491445
Publication date:
06/05/2019
Hardback
276 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Price: 995.00 INR
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Publication date:
06/05/2019
Hardback
276 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Arvind Elangovan
During the twilight of British rule in India, Sir Benegal Narsing Rau (1887–1953), was sought after by the ruling elites—both British and Indian—for his immense knowledge of the nature and working of the constitutions of the world as well as his reputation for being just and impartial between competing political interests. Yet, Rau’s ideas and his voice have largely been forgotten today. By examining Rau’s constitutional ideas and following their trajectory in late colonial Indian politics, this book shows how the process of the making of the Indian constitution was actually never separated from the politics of conflict that dominated this period.
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Arvind Elangovan
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During the twilight of British rule in India, a little-known civil servant, Sir Benegal Narsing Rau (1887–1953), was sought after by the ruling elites—both British and Indian—for his immense knowledge of the nature and working of the constitutions of the world as well as his reputation for being just and impartial between competing political interests.
Yet, Rau’s ideas and his voice have largely been forgotten today. By examining Rau’s constitutional ideas and following their trajectory in late colonial Indian politics, this book shows how the process of the making of the Indian constitution was actually never separated from the politics of conflict that dominated this period. This book demonstrates that it is only by foregrounding this political history that we can simultaneously remember Rau’s critical contributions as well as understand why he was forgotten in the first place.
About the Author
Arvind Elangovan graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and the University of Chicago, USA, and is currently associate professor of history at Wright State University, Ohio, USA. His research interests lie in exploring the political and constitutional histories of South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present. In particular, he is interested in examining the political histories within which the constitutional developments unfolded in late colonial and postcolonial South Asia. His work has previously appeared in journals such as History Compass, South Asian History and Culture, and Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Norms and Politics is his first book.
Arvind Elangovan
Table of contents
Acknowledgements ix I Introduction 1 II Provincial Autonomy and Its (Anti)Colonial Limits, 1935–8 34 III Conundrum on the Eve of Decolonization: Politics of Constitutionalism, 1945–6 68 IV Rau’s Constitutional Solutions to the Political Conundrum 122 V Moment of Utopia: Rau and a Constitution above Politics 163 VI A Civil Servant’s Adieu: The Burden of History in the ‘Conscience’ of the Indian Constitution, 1946–50 193 VII Conclusion 237 Select Bibliography 248 Index 255 About the Author 261
Arvind Elangovan
Arvind Elangovan
Description
During the twilight of British rule in India, a little-known civil servant, Sir Benegal Narsing Rau (1887–1953), was sought after by the ruling elites—both British and Indian—for his immense knowledge of the nature and working of the constitutions of the world as well as his reputation for being just and impartial between competing political interests.
Yet, Rau’s ideas and his voice have largely been forgotten today. By examining Rau’s constitutional ideas and following their trajectory in late colonial Indian politics, this book shows how the process of the making of the Indian constitution was actually never separated from the politics of conflict that dominated this period. This book demonstrates that it is only by foregrounding this political history that we can simultaneously remember Rau’s critical contributions as well as understand why he was forgotten in the first place.
About the Author
Arvind Elangovan graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and the University of Chicago, USA, and is currently associate professor of history at Wright State University, Ohio, USA. His research interests lie in exploring the political and constitutional histories of South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present. In particular, he is interested in examining the political histories within which the constitutional developments unfolded in late colonial and postcolonial South Asia. His work has previously appeared in journals such as History Compass, South Asian History and Culture, and Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Norms and Politics is his first book.
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Acknowledgements ix I Introduction 1 II Provincial Autonomy and Its (Anti)Colonial Limits, 1935–8 34 III Conundrum on the Eve of Decolonization: Politics of Constitutionalism, 1945–6 68 IV Rau’s Constitutional Solutions to the Political Conundrum 122 V Moment of Utopia: Rau and a Constitution above Politics 163 VI A Civil Servant’s Adieu: The Burden of History in the ‘Conscience’ of the Indian Constitution, 1946–50 193 VII Conclusion 237 Select Bibliography 248 Index 255 About the Author 261
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