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Keywords

India--Politics and government--20th century; India--Constitutional history; India; Constitutional history; Politics and government; 1900-1999;

Abstract

Dyarchy was the outcome of a long struggle between 1909 and 1919. The nationalists. and the imperialists all have contributed to its shaping. This is what I propose here. Specifically, my focus is upon the events in India, and more specifically, on how World War I changed the imperialists' and the nationalists' attitudes, and precipitated a process of change in the administrative system of India. What happened to the reforms of 1909, and what was happening throughout India during 1909 and 1919, particularly at a time when a new concept of "self-determination" began to prevail over the older notion of Imperialism, what were the actual demands and the schemes of Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League, what was the solution offered by the Liberal Party in England to the Indian problem--these are the main concerns of this thesis. It is a summary search of the events of a decade, to explain how it was a momentous chain of events not a single individual that made dyarchy an unavoidable transitional stage in the constitutional development of India. Indian politics were committed to development, a new path had been set and a beginning had been made with the introduction of Dyarchy.

Year of Submission

1978

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of History

First Advisor

Richard Newell

Second Advisor

Donald R. Whitnah

Third Advisor

Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi

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Date Original

1978

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1 PDF file (112 leaves)

Language

en

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