SPECIFICS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN INDIA: ETHNIC-CONFESSIONAL AND STATE-LEGAL ASPECTS
Kuchma V.V.
Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Department of Theory and History of Law and State, Volgograd State University
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Abstract. The article is devoted to the problem of the state-legal ethnic-confessional adjustment of relations, which were developing in the British India from the second half of the 19th century till the first half of 20th century. The ethnic and religious factors influence on the development of national liberation movement in India and theirs ascendancy over the policy of the British colonial authorities is considered under the modern methodological and ideological positions.
Key words: Viceroy, governor-general, Dominion, The Indian National Congress, Executive council, Muslim League, Pakistan, Parliament, ethnic-confessional quota.