Abstract

The Constitutional Reconstruction of India

Schuyler, Robert L. | November 2, 1918 issue

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In the days of startling change, when reorganization and reform are everywhere on the lips or in the thoughts of men, the reconstruction of India challenges attention. Until last year benevolent despotism was the guiding principle of British policy in India. The British autocracy however kept the reins of government in its own hands. Even the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909, following a period of unrest, anti-British agitation and revolutionary violence, involved no abandonment of the autocratic principle. They did indeed admit native elected members to a substantial number.

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CONSTITUTIONS; REFORMS; DESPOTISM; DICTATORSHIP; VIOLENCE; INDIA
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