• ISBN13: 9780195656107
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Law and Criminology
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: May 16, 2003
• Pages: 792
• Original Price: INR 895.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: N/A

Austin's magnum opus tells the very human story of how the social, political, and day-to-day realities of the Indian people have been reflected in and directed the course of constitutional reforms since 1950.

Granville Austin, born in 1927, is an American historian and renowned leading authority on the Indian Constitution. He procured his Bachelor’s degree in American Literature from Dartmouth College and a doctorate thereafter in Modern Indian History from Oxford University. In addition to serving as a Staff Member of the US Senate, he is also the Founding Director of the Committee for Arab-Israeli Peace. He has authored The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation and Retrieving Times as well. Austin was also the recipient of the Padma Shri award in 2011.