This chapter contains documents shedding light on how Kashmir's Constitution was framed from 1954 to 1956. This includes the reports of the Basic Principles Committee and the Drafting Committee presented on 3 February and 11 February 1954, respectively; the President's Major Order under Article 370, CO No. 48, entitled The Constitution Order 1954. It describes how the Constituent Assembly resolved on 6 April 1955 to authorise the President to extend to the state entries in the Union list, how the Assembly amended the State Constitution that led to the drafting and revision of the Constitution. On 17 November 1956, the Constituent Assembly adopted a Resolution moved by Mir Qasim that it shall stand dissolved from 26 January 1957. The President of the Constituent Assembly formally declared its dissolution pursuant to the resolution of 17 November. Keywords: Constituent Assembly, Mir Qasim, State Constitution, Article 370, Basic Principles Committee, Drafting Committee, Kashmir Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter. Please, subscribe or login to access full text content. If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian. To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please Article 370: A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir A. G. Noorani ABSTRACT 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. The first section of this chapter presents Jawaharlal Nehru's views on the ‘erosion' of Article 370, based on the Lok Sabha Debates on 27 November 1963. The second section describes Union Home Minister G.L. Nanda takes on abrogation of Article 370, on 4 December 1964. The third section details the Plebiscite Front's white paper on Constitutional relationship of Kashmir with India in 1964. Keywords: Lok Sabha, Article 370, Plebiscite Front, white paper, Jawaharlal Nehru, G.L. Nanda, India, Kashmir, abrogation Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter. Please, subscribe or login to access full text content. This chapter contains documents shedding light on how Kashmir's Constitution was framed from 1954 to 1956. This includes the reports of the Basic Principles Committee and the Drafting Committee presented on 3 February and 11 February 1954, respectively; the President's Major Order under Article 370, CO No. 48, entitled The Constitution Order 1954. It describes how the Constituent Assembly resolved on 6 April 1955 to authorise the President to extend to the state entries in the Union list, how the Assembly amended the State Constitution that led to the drafting and revision of the Constitution. On 17 November 1956, the Constituent Assembly adopted a Resolution moved by Mir Qasim that it shall stand dissolved from 26 January 1957. The President of the Constituent Assembly formally declared its dissolution pursuant to the resolution of 17 November. Keywords: Constituent As