{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:20","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>&mdash; 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\">R1 not asudden 1950 document \u2192 product of a long historical process R2 two streams feed it \u2192 colonial statutes + nationalist demands \u2192 reworked for India colonial line builds governance \u2192 Regulating Act 1773 \/ Charter Acts \/ Gol Act 1858 \u2192 Indian Councils Acts + Morley-Minto + Montagu-Chelmsford \u2192 limited representation \u2192 Gol Act 1935 contributes most (federation, governor, PSCs, judiciary, emergency) \u2192 parallel nationalist tradition supplies values \u2192 Swaraj Bill 1895 \/ Nehru Report 1928 (rights, federalism, secularism, responsible govt) \/ Karachi Resolution 1931 (freedom + socio-economic justice) \u2192 Cripps + Cabinet Missions \u2192 Constituent Assembly \u2192 British model (parliamentary govt, rule<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">of law)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">not mechanical copying \u2192 antecedents adapted to Indian needs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R!_ layered inheritance, colonial + nationalist R2 endpoint of evolution, not an overnight document<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1109\/revisions\/2525"}],"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}]}}