The very fact that the Constitution of the Indian Republic is the product not of a political revolution but of the research and deliberations of body of eminent representatives of the people who sought to improve upon the existing system of administration, makes a retrospect of the constitutional development indispensable for a proper understanding of this Constitution. Modern Constitutions, apart from delineating the composition of the “State”, also embody the interface between citizens and the government. In this manner, the ‘bill of rights’ which incorporates the ideas of John Locke who argued in his 1689 work “Two Treatise of Government” that civil society was created for the protection of property & natural rights (which is Part III in Indian Constitution) has come to become a key feature of modern liberal Constitutions. After the British rule in India between 1600-1947 through the East India Company, Viceroys & Governor Generals with the help of Charters and other enactments made by the British Parliament, India gained its independence on 15th August, 1947. Three important legislations should be referred to as they contributed to the making of the Indian Constitution.

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