An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian Constitution

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'An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian Constitution' the seventh volume in the ongoing series "An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian History and Culture" deals with the Indian Costitution and Parliamentary procedure in India.

The volume is divided into five sections:

(1) Nature and operation; (2) The Dictionary; (3) The Miscellany; (4) The Chronology; and (5) The Bibliography.

Section one gives a background and broad introduction to the Indian Constitution. Section two the Dictionary portion, the main body of the volume, contains precise definitions and descriptions of about four hundred constitutional and parliamentary terms. The approach is comparative with focus on Indian theory and practice. Section three presents information about major constitutional functionaries and national symbols. Section four deals with major dates and events since the first sitting of the Constitutional Assembly. Section five presents a list of important publications on the working of India's Constitution and Parliamentary Proceedings.

A.N. Kapoor After obtaining M.A., D.Phil. in English from Allahabad Universiy, Dr. Kapoor taught English at Agra and Delhi Universities for over four decades and has edited, compiled and authored more than hundred titles including reference books, encyclopaedias and language dictionaries. His dictionary of geographical terms published in 1955 was the first work of its kind in Hindi.

His comprehensive English-Hindi Dictionary stands as the crowning work of the four decade long effort. The lexicon is considered a work of tremendous relevance for the entire gamut of bilingual activity, being undertaken in the country as almost all levels of our social system, educational institutions and government departments.

V.P. Gupta: A former Professor at Delhi University, Chief Editor, Macmillan India and Deputy Director, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies. V.P. Gupta is presently Secretary, Radha Kamal Mukerji Memorial Society. While he has been engaged in teaching, research and publishing activity for the last four decades, he has of late been concentrating on a study of Indian Freedom Movement, its ideas, events, personalities and forces which have laid the foundations of contemporary India along with all its triumphs and tragedies.

Mohini Gupta: A constant collaborator in the intellectual pursuits of her husband V.P. Gupta she is co-author in a number of his publications including an Encyclopaedia of History and Culture of Punjab, and biographical studies of Raja Rammohun Roy, Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. A two- volume study of India since independence critically examines the triumphs and tragedies of Indian people during the last fifty five years. These books brought out in both the languages- English and Hindi-have been widely acclaimed as the harbinger of awareness about the ideals of our freedom struggle.

An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian Constitution is the seventh volume in the ongoing series 'An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian History and Culture'.

The Constitution of a country refers to the system of fundamental laws and principles of government. It may be written as in the case of the United States of America. It may also be unwritten like that of Great Britain.

The Indian Constitution consists of 395 articles and a number of schedules. It incorporates fundamental rights, duties and directives of state policy, structure of the Union and state governments. It is Republican and Federal in character and has been amended more than eighty times during the five decades of its operation.

The present volume is divided into three sections:

(i) Nature and operation;

(ii) The Dictionary; and

(iii) The Miscellaneous.

Section One explains the nature and operation of the Indian constitution through four chapters. The section enumerates important articles of the constitution, explains the nature of Indian polity, outlines the judicial system and gives a resume of the amendments to the original law of the land.

Section Two comprises the main body of the volume. It contains definitions and descriptions of about four hundred Constitutional and Parliamentary terms. While describing the various terms, the practices in other major constitutional systems of the world-particularly the British and Commonwealth countries-have been listed.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages