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This book, first published in 1926, provides a comprehensive description and analysis of every constitutional aspect of British rule in India from 1600 to 1936. Beginning with a description of the East India Company before Plassey, its constitution, administration of settlements, and relation to the Indian states, the book closes with an account of the reforms of the 1930s, the events leading up to the White Paper and an analysis and elucidation of the Government of India Act 1935.
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TABLE OF CASES
Abdullah Hossein Chowdhury v. Administrator-General of Bengal (1914), 178
Advocate-General v. Richmond (1845), 32
Advocate-General of Bengal v. Surnomoye Dossee (Ranee) (1863), 6, 21, 147
Alcock, Ashdown & Co. v. Chief Revenue Authority of Bombay (1923), 205
Alter Caufman v. Government of Bombay (1894), 135
Alvaro’s case (1677), 37
Ameer Khan, In matter of(1870), 86, 91, 178, 429
Arnold v. King Emperor (1914), 422
Att.-Gen. v. De Keysets Royal Hotel (1920), 324
Att.-Gen. of Ontario v. Mercer (1883), 324
Audhur Chandra Shaw, Re (1873), 205
Bapoojee Rughoonath v. Sinwar Kana (1822), 326
Barindra Kumar Ghose v. King Emperor (1909), 179
Bedreechund v. Elphinstone. See Elphinstone v. Bedreechund Bell v. Municipality of Madras (1901), 183, 326
Bicitramund, Re (1889), 224
Bradley v. Arthur, 157
British Coal Corporation v. The King (1935), 464
Bugga v. King Emperor (1920), 179, 432
Bux Alley Gawney, In goods of (1782), 86
Calvin’s case (1608), 32
Campbell v. Hall (1774), 32
Chile, The (1914), 406
Clergue v. Murray (1903), 422
Collector of Masulipatam v. Cavaly Vencata Narrainapah (1860), 324
Collector of Sea Customs v. Panniar Cithambaram (1874), 205
Collector of Thana v. Bhaskar Mahadev (1884), 182
Cossijura case. See Kasijura case
Damodhar Gordhan v. Deoram Kanji, 20, 179
Day v. King (1685), 40
De Jager v. Att.-Gen. for Natal (1907), 458
Denning v. Secretary of State (1920), 414
De Silveira v. Texeira, 32
Dhackjee Dadajee v. East India Co. (1843), 429
Dillet, In re (1887), 422
Doss v. Secretary of State (1875), 431
East India Co. v. Sandys (1683), 12
East India Co. v. Syed Ally (1827), 431
Elphinstone v. Bedreechund (1830), 431
Empress v. Keshub Mahajun (1882), 224
Forester v. Secretary of State (1872), 430
Freeman v. Fairlie (1828), 147
Gaekwar Baroda State Railway v. Habib Ullah (1933), 225
Ganpat Pataya v. Collector of Canara (1875), 326
Gidley v. Lord Palmerston (1822), 430
Hanuman Prasad v. Bhagwati Prasad (1902), 421
Hari Bhanji v. Secretary of State (1882), 430
Hayes, Re (1888), 222
Hemchand Devchand. v. Azam Sakarlal Chhotamlal (1906), 223, 431
Hormusjee v. Cooverbhaee (1856), 178
Hudson’s Bay Co. v. Att.-Gen. for Canada (1929), 325
Indian Chief, The (1800), 21, 27
Jehangir M. Cursetji v. Secretary of State (1902), 430
Jivangiri Guru Chamelgiri v. Gajanan Narayan Patkar (1926), 422
Joanna Fernandez v. De Silva (1817), 38
Johnstone v. Pedlar (1921), 458
Justices of Supreme Court, Bombay, In re (1829), 151
Kasijura (Raja of) case, 86
Keyes v. Keyes (1921), 179, 212
Khambatta v. Khambatta (1935), 212
Kishen Chand v. Secretary of Stale (1881), 430
Lachmi Narain v. Partab Singh (1878), 20
Laconia, The (1863), 21
Lellington’s case (1616), 6
Lyons Corpn. v. East India Co. (1836), 27, 147, 458
Macbeath v. Haldimand (1786), 430
Maharajah Madhava Singh v. Secretary of State (1904), 431
Manickram Chattopadha v. Meer Conjeer Ali Khan (1782), 86
Mata Prasad v. Secretary of State (1930), 430
Mayor of Lyons v. East India Co. (1836), 27, 147, 458
Mohindar Singh v. King Emperor (1932), 422
Moore v. Att.-Gen. for Irish Free State (1935), 465
Moro Ragonath’s case (1828), 151
Mostyn v. Fabrigas (1774), 351
Muhammad Yusuf-ud-din v. Queen Empress (1897), 222
Nabob of the Carnatic v. East India Co. (1793), 431
Nadera Begam’s case, 87
Nandakumar’s case (1775), 76, 77
Patna case, 87, 89
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. v. Secretary of State (1861), 430
Perozeboye v. Ardaseer Cursetji (1843), 45
Phan Tiyok v. Lim Kyin Kauk (1930), 212
Phillips v. Eyre (1870), 351
Premshankar Raghunathji v. Government of Bombay, 182
Prince v. Gagnon (1882), 422
Queen v. Burah (1878), 178
Queen Empress v. Barton (1889), 205 n. 1
R. v. Creevey (1813), 342 R. v. Edmonstone (1870), 205
R. v. Eyre (1868), 351
R. v. Kastya Rama (1871), 205
R. v. Keyn (1876), 205
R. v. Reay (1870), 183
R. v. Shaik Boodin (1846), 429
Radhacharan Mitra’s case (1765), 52
Radio Communication in Canada, In re, (1932), 385
Raghunath Prasad Singh v. Partabgash Deputy Commrs. (1927), 422
Raja of Coorg v. East India Co. (1860), 431
Raja Salig Ram v. Secretary of State (1872), 431
Ramchund Ursamul v. Glass (1844), 75
Ram Coomar Coondoo v. Chunder Canto Mookerjee (1876), 147
Rana Ubhee Singh Raja v. Collector of Broach (1821), 326
Ras Behari Lai v. King Emperor (1934), 422
Redbridge case (1693–4), 14
Ross v. H.H. Sir Bhagvat Sinhjee, (1891), 459
Ross v. Secretary of State (1913), 429
Salaman v. Secretary of State (1906), 326
Secretary of State v. Kamachee Boye Sahaba (1859), 431
Secretary of State for India v. Bombay Landing and Shipping Co. (1868), 32
Secretary of State for India v. Chelikani Rama Rao (1916), 205
Secretary of State for India v. Matthurabhai (1889), 326
Secretary of State for India in Council v. Moment (1912), 179, 431
Shaxton’s case (1674), 37
Shivabhajan Durgaprasad v. Secretary of State (1904), 429
Sirdar Bhagwan Singh v. Secretary of State (1874), 431
Skinner v. East India Co. (1667), 12
Spooner v. Juddow (1850), 205
Statham v. Statham and Gaekwar of Baroda (1912), 225, 459
Strickland v. Grima (1930), 339
Taluka of Kotda Sangani v. State of Gondal (1906), 223
Thorburn’s case (1685), 40
Transfer of Natural Resources to Province of Saskatchewan (1932), 324
Vijaya Ragava v. Secretary of State (1884), 429
Woolaston’s case (1722–3), 17
Young’s case (1670), 9, 35, 36
Young v. S.S. Scotia (1903), 325
INDEX
Abdul Ghafur Khan, revolutionary leader in North-West Frontier Province, 295, 306
Abdur-Rahman, Amir of Afghanistan (1881–1901), 193
Absence, leave of, of governor-general and governors, 101, 173
Accession of states to federation, conditions and form of, 327–30, 506–10
Achin, King of, concedes right of trade, 21, 22
Account and audit under Act of 1935, 394, 395
Accountant-general, at Calcutta, 60; office of, reorganized by Cornwallis, 110.
Accountants-general, in provinces, 200
Accounts branch of public works department, 200; merged with civil accounts branch of finance department, 203
Acquisition and cession of territory by East India Company, 20. See Sovereignty Acquisition of land by federation through provincial action, 384
Acquisition of property in British India, by native prince, re...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Orginal Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- I. THE COMPANY BEFORE PLASSEY; ITS CONSTITUTION, RELATION TO THE INDIAN STATES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS SETTLEMENTS AND TERRITORIES
- II. THE DIWANI, THE EXPLOITATION OF BENGAL, DYARCHY, AND ANARCHY
- III. THE INTERVENTION OF PARLIAMENT, NORTH’S REGULATING ACT, AND WARREN HASTINGS
- IV. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ORGANIZED ADMINISTRATION: PITT’S ACT AND CORNWALLIS
- V. THE SUPREMACY OF THE COMPANY IN INDIA AND THE CHARTER ACTS OF 1813–53
- VI. THE DIRECT RULE OF THE QUEEN EMPRESS; THE GOLDEN AGE OF BUREAUCRACY
- VII. POLITICAL UNREST, THE MINTO-MORLEY REFORMS, AND THE NEW DELHI
- VIII. THE WAR AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; THE MONTAGU-CHELMSFORD SCHEME
- IX. THE OPERATION OF THE REFORMS, THE REPORT OF THE SIMON COMMISSION, AND THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
- X. FEDERALISM AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935
- XI. DOMINION STATUS; THE PLACE OF INDIA IN THE COMMONWEALTH
- XII. THE ACTS OF 1935 IN OPERATION
- TABLE OF CASES
- INDEX