Abstract In addition to being a political struggle against colonial rule, the Indian leadership and the British imperial state engaged in an ongoing constitutional dialogue during the Indian National Movement. In response to nationalist pressures, administrative requirements, and global political developments, constitutional reforms evolved between the Crown's assumption of power in 1858 and the adoption of the Constitution in 1950. The Indian National Movement's impact on constitutional change from 1858 to 1950 is the focus of this paper. It analyses major legislative enactments, nationalist demands, constitutional negotiations, and the making of the Constitution of India. The study argues that constitutional development in India was neither a unilateral British grant nor an abrupt post-independence creation; rather, it was the cumulative result of sustained political mobilization, ideological evolution, and institutional experimentation during the freedom struggle.
Kailas P Landge (Wed,) studied this question.