Article 370 : A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir / A.G. Noorani

Chapter 1 Accession to India
Chapter 2 Kashmir–Union Negotiations on Article 370
Chapter 3 Jammu & Kashmir’s Constituent Assembly
Chapter 4 Negotiating the Delhi Agreement
Chapter 5 Post-Delhi Agreement
Chapter 6 Sheikh Abdullah’s Arrest
Chapter 7 Kashmir’s Constitution is Framed
Chapter 8 The Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir
Chapter 9 The Wreck of Article 370
Chapter 10 The Governor Replaces the Sadar-i-Riyasat
Chapter 11 ‘Erosion’ of Article 370
Chapter 12 Restoring the Autonomy of Jammu & Kashmir

This collection of documents on Article 370 of the Constitution of India contains ‘temporary provisions’ with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. This book presents documents on the five-month long negotiations which preceded its enactment on 17 October 1949. It explains the significance of the article, describes how it was eroded, and traces the Constitutional evolution of the State and its relationship with the Union of India thereafter. It covers the period from 1946 to 2010. From Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India in 1947 to the various negotiations thereafter, including Sheikh Abdullah’s arrest to the framing of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, and the replacement of Sadar–i–Riyasat, this book examines in detail the little-known constitutional history of the state.

Includes bibliographical references and index.