Constitutent Assembly of India

• Preface to the Second Edition 9
• Preface to the First Edition 11
• Introduction 13 Part I
• 1. The Indian Problem 17
• 2. Constituent Assembly as the Answer 26
• 3. Birth of the Constituent Assembly 37
• 4. Constituent Assembly versus Interim Government 50
• 5. Constituent Assembly versus the Muslim League 58
• 6. Constituent Assembly and Partition 70
• 7. A Sovereign Body 82
• Part II
• 8. Mind and Procedure of the Constituent Assembly 95
• 9. Indian Outlook 111
• 10. Cross-currents of Indian Politics 120
• 11. End of the Indian Problem (I)Constituent Assembly and Native States 129 12. End of the Indian Problem (II)Minority Rights 144
• 13. Framing of the Constitution (I)The Social Structure 156
• 14. Framing of the Constitution (II)The State Structure 179
• 15. Framing of the Constitution (III)Government Structure 193
• 16. Framing of the Constitution (IV)Extra Wheels in the Machine 213
• 17. Conclusion 231
• Bibliography 247
• Index 255