Conclusion

This chapter summarizes the main arguments of the book and argues that we can only forget the political history that went into the making of the Indian constitution at our own peril. It points out that political history matters, and the political history of the Indian constitution, perhaps matters even more. By recovering the work of the largely forgotten bureaucrat Sir B.N. Rau and locating his constitutional thought and contributions at variance and indeed in tension with the process of constitution making, the book strives to underscore the importance of studying political histories when thinking about the history of the Indian constitution.