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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR THE SECOND EDITION

• In writing a new Preface for this edition of the book, I wanted to explore why the Central Legislature did not attract so many scholars and writers on this important institution compared to, for example, the Bengal’s provincial legislature. Dr. Taj Hashmi, a prolific scholar on South Asian history, helped me in appreciating the factors behind this intellectual phenomenon.

• I wish to acknowledge Dr. Nizam U. Ahmed, Professor of Public Administration, Chittagong University, Bangladesh for sharing his research on the Bangladeshi Parliament that helped me to compare the post-Colonial South Asian legislative encounters in the new Preface for this volume (see his book: The Parliament of Bangladesh, Ashgate, 2006).

• Professor Al Masud Hasanuzzaman, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh shared his writings and thoughts on Bangladeshi legislative politics, which too assisted me in comparing the British Indian legislature with the contemporary South Asian parliaments.

• I received a great deal of support and cooperation from my wife Maliha, two daughters Lilya and Faria and my son Asif while I was involved in the long process of revising and rewriting for this book’s new edition. My wife deserves double recognition here: for her sacrifices when I was ← xxix | xxx → working on the thesis and also for putting up with my long hours on the computer to prepare this text.

• My younger brother Dr. M. Waheeduzzaman, at the Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee helped in locating a few of the latest publications on the subcontinent’s legislatures.

• I received a solid support from a young couple Orlando Almonte and Rachel Mancini who skillfully transcribed the old book into digital formats: it helped me enormously to polish the manuscript and bring it to its present shape;

• My son-in-law Dr. Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman at the Johns Hopkins University was readily available to help me in the manuscript preparation.

• Finally, I wish to recognize a few persons at the Peter Lang without whose help, this publication would not have been possible. First, it was Ms. Kristine Purdy, the former acquisition editor at the Peter Lang who took initiative to consider this book for publication. And then, it was Ms. Michelle Smith and Mr. Luke McCord who offered me enormous support towards its publication.