This book reconnoiters and reiterates the existing ideas and theories in the discipline of legal history. It examines various established theories and principles relating to history and attempts to link them with the Indian Legal System. Exceptional attention has been paid to the charters and Government Acts of India during the time frame of 1850s to post independence era.

Contents: Preface Acknowledgements. 1. Nation and nationalism. 2. Historical elucidations of Indian nationalism. 3. Adalat system under the British rule. 4. Rise of Indian nationalism. 5. Configurations of Nationalist Movement. 6. Constitutional changes and growing communalization. 7. Home Rule League Movement and Government of India Act, 1919.107. 8. Gandhi and the National Movement. 9. Rise of the left parties and the peasant movement. 10. Government of India Act of 1935 and the elections of 1937. 11. National movement during Second World War to Naval Mutiny. 12. Road towards freedom. 13. Towards partition of India. 14. Integration of Indian states and making of India's constitution. 15. Regional aspirations and the social agenda of Indian state.