{"id":1109,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/the-constitution-of-india-is-a-product-of-a-historical-process-upsc-psir-2021-1704\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:54","slug":"the-constitution-of-india-is-a-product-of-a-historical-process-upsc-psir-2021-1704","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-constitution-of-india-is-a-product-of-a-historical-process-upsc-psir-2021-1704\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Constitution of India is a product of a historical process, rich with constitutional antecedents.\u2019 Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> not a sudden 1950 document <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> product of a long historical process<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> two streams feed it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> colonial statutes + nationalist demands <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reworked for India<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>colonial line builds governance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Regulating Act 1773 \/ Charter Acts \/ GoI Act 1858 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Indian Councils Acts + Morley-Minto + Montagu-Chelmsford <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> limited representation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> GoI Act 1935 contributes most (federation, governor, PSCs, judiciary, emergency) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> parallel nationalist tradition supplies values <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Swaraj Bill 1895 \/ Nehru Report 1928 (rights, federalism, secularism, responsible govt) \/ Karachi Resolution 1931 (freedom + socio-economic justice) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Cripps + Cabinet Missions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Constituent Assembly <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> British model (parliamentary govt, rule of law)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>not mechanical copying <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> antecedents adapted to Indian needs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> layered inheritance, colonial + nationalist<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> endpoint of evolution, not an overnight document<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[58],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1109","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-making-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4703,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1109\/revisions\/4703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}