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“The origins of the Indian political system are rooted in the history of British India.” Comment.

  • UPSC 1997
  • 20 marks
  • Making of the Indian Constitution

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The statement expresses the continuity thesis, set out most fully by W. H. Morris-Jones in The Government and Politics of India (1964). Because 1947 was a negotiated transfer of power rather than a revolution, the new state took over a working colonial apparatus instead of building on its ruins. The claim holds for the system's…

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  • What British India built
  • What the colonial past cannot explain
  • The inheritance today
  • Conclusion
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