Constitutional and administrative development 1858-1947
Local self-government from Mayo to dyarchy
Concepts to cover
- Financial decentralisation 1870 handing provinces control of local services and encouraging local taxation
- Ripon's 1882 resolution: elected non-official majorities, rural boards, official control from outside; called the father of local self-government
- Royal Commission on Decentralisation 1907-09 recommending village panchayats and stronger municipalities; 1918 resolution
- Local self-government as a transferred subject under Indian ministers after 1919; expansion of elected local bodies
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 26 Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments