Granville Austin

Granville Austin (1927 – 6 July 2014) was an American historian. He was known for helping draft the Indian Constitution.[1][2] Austin is the author of two seminal political histories of the constitution of India, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation and Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience.[2]

Austin was born in Norwich, Vermont. He died in Washington, D.C., aged 87.[3]

Books

  • The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation
  • Working a Democratic Constitution : The Indian Experience
  • Retrieving Times (White River Press, 2008)

References

  1. ↑ "Working a Democratic Constitution : The Indian Experience". Vedam Books. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Working a Democratic Constitution : The Indian Experience". Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  3. ↑ "Granville Austin, RIP". Law and other things. Vikram Raghavan. July 7, 2014.