Study Guide · Chapter 5
Key Independence-Era and Early Republic Acts
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- Indian Independence Act, 1947: See above.
- Constitution of India: Adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949; came into force on 26 January 1950, on which date India became a sovereign democratic republic and the Government of India Act 1935 (as the interim governing framework) ceased to apply.
- Abolition of Zamindari (State-level Zamindari Abolition Acts, from 1950 onward): A series of state legislations abolishing the intermediary zamindari land tenure system established under the colonial Permanent Settlement, aiming at direct state-cultivator relationships — Uttar Pradesh's Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act (1950) was among the earliest and most significant.
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