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03947aam a2200541 i 4500 001 EA2EF3A6C7F211EAB1F2873797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200717010022 008 190119s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018060566 020 $a 1433166550 020 $a 9781433166556 020 $a 1433166542 020 $a 9781433166549 020 $a 1433166534 020 $a 9781433166532 020 $a 1433166526 020 $a 9781433166525 035 $a (OCoLC)1090278473 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ii--- 050 00 $a JQ254 $b .R3 2020 100 1 $a Rashiduzzaman, M., $e author. 245 14 $a The Central Legislature in British India, 1921-47 : $b parliamentary experiences under the Raj / $c M. Rashiduzzaman. 264 1 $a New York : $b Peter Lang, $c [2020] 300 $a xxvii, 279 pages ; $c 26 cm 500 $a Revision of the author's thesis from 1965. 520 $a "The Central Legislature in British India 1921-47: Parliamentary Experiences under the Raj, is an exceptional expose of Colonial India's highest legislative body. With its wealth of materials and in-depth description of the former Indian Legislature's actual working, its political milieu and its institutional development, this book belongs to the larger genre of the British Indian narratives on the constitutional encounters between the rulers and the ruled. This book touches on a critical range of areas essential to our understanding of the British Raj in India. This book adds a significant depth to a neglected quarter of historical knowledge--the chronicle of parliamentary experiences and the representative institution-building in Colonial India. Undeniably, the Central Legislature was the only acknowledged all-India forum where the Indian legislators and the Imperial Executive, time and again, ran into each other. Yet, even at the lowest ebb of the Indian lawmakers' disillusionment, the two flanks, intermittently, showed a modicum of mutual respect: though limited, the two sides indirectly shared power, went through the motion and contributed to policy-making typically over a strip of non-controversial subjects"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-274) and index. 505 0 $a Development of the Central Legislature from 1861 to 1920 -- The Central Legislature and Indian politics 1921 to 1947 -- Nature of the electoral system and elections -- Powers, privileges and procedures in the central legislature -- The composition and political groupings of the two houses -- The legislative influence on the administration -- The process of lawmaking : role of the non-official members in the Central Legislature -- Financial procedure in the Central Legislature -- Political grievances in the Central Legislature -- Relations between the two chambers. 610 10 $a India. $b Legislature $x History. 610 17 $a India. $b Legislature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00521508 651 0 $a India $x Politics and government $y 1919-1947. 651 0 $a India $x Colonial influence. 650 0 $a Executive-legislative relations $z India $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Legislation $z India $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Colonial influence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352432 650 7 $a Executive-legislative relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917874 650 7 $a Legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995636 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 775 08 $i Revision of (work): $a Rashiduzzaman, M. $t Central legislature in British India, 1921-1947. $d Dacca : Mullick Bros., 1965 $w (OCoLC)11687892 $w (OCoLC)11687892 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721013439.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA2EF3A6C7F211EAB1F2873797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search