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About the Set of 2 Volumes :
The book is a politico-biographical introduction to the series Indian Constitutional Documents Munshi Papers. In his inimitable racy style Dr Munshi surveys events in India from the days of Bengal Partition through the Home Rule Agitation and the various phases of the country’s struggle for freedom right up to the forging of a Constitution for our Sovereign Democratic Republic Fully documented with appendices and a complete index the book will be of inestimable value to students and scholars lawyers and politicians historians and citizens.
The speeches and documents published in this volume mainly relate to the formation of constituent Assembly and its working up to August 15, 1947.
This volume of the Constitutional Documents, Munshi Papers ends with the historic ceremony of August 15, 1947.
About the Author :
Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Kulapati and the main person behind the Bhavan’s books was a very versatile person. He was an eminent lawyer, one of the framer’s of the Indian Constitution, and a seasoned statesman. K M Munshi was influenced by Sri Aurobindo and was an ardent freedom fighter, working with Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Tilak, Annie Besant, Jinnah and others. He was the Home Minister of Bombay, India’s Food Minister, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, India’s Agent General at Hyderabad. Acknowledged as the foremost writer in Gujarati in his times, his contribution to literature is vast. He wrote novels, dramas, memoirs, history and historical novels in Gujarati and English.
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