India caused a fundamental shift in the state’s approach to development? Introduction Over the course of Indian political history‚ the discourse of democracy has it that‚ it has changed over time. As Kaviraj states in his piece‚ “Dilemmas of Democratic Development in India”‚ Development isn’t merely a history of policies but a history of ideas. Therefore‚ at various benchmarks in the Indian history‚ there have been different ideas of development which was governed by a modified version of democracy
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On the 18‚ July 1947 India declared it’s independence from the British Empire after almost 200 years of being rule over the country. But independence was short lived after a day; the country was split up into 2 different countries which became Pakistan. Later the Pakistani province of East Pakistan will declare it’s independence from Pakistan which became the country Bangladesh. India was split up on the bases of religion which has created bitter relations between the populations of these three countries
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List of Indian Prime Ministers (1947-2009) 1 | Jawahar Lal Nehru | 15-Aug-1947 | 27-May-1964 | 14-Nov-1889 | 27-May-1964 | Indian NationalCongress | 2 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 27-May-1964 | 9 June 1964 * | 4 July 1898 | 15-Jan-1998 | Indian NationalCongress | 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 09-Jun-1964 | 11-Jan-1966 | 02-Oct-1904 | 11-Jan-1966 | Indian NationalCongress | 4 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 11-Jan-1966 | 24 January 1966 * | 4-July-1898 | 15-Jan-1998 | Indian NationalCongress | 5 | Indira Gandhi
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tune of 4.5 million dollar is being drained out‚ sucking our very blood. Britain should immediately quit India.” That’s what the Sindh times wrote on May 20‚ 1884‚ a year before the Indian National Congress was born and 58 years before the Quit India movement of 1942 was launched. Free India’ was a dream of all Indians under the British rule. Everyone during that rule fought in some way or the other with a common aim of ending British and other colonial authorities in India. After a century of revolutions
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J.L.Nehru‚ and Indira Gandhi. But can you imagine a foreign woman can be the main leader of that country. It was not possible before but when Sonia Gandhi took over as the president of the India’s Congress Party in 1999 the whole scenario of the Indian politics changed. At that time‚ the Indian Congress Party was in deep water; its performance was going downward‚ the whole morale of the party was low. There was need of some kind of rejuvenation in the party to bring good old days. Transformational
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Freedom of religion in India [pic] Freedom of religion in India : is a fundamental right guaranteed by the country’s constitution.[1] Modern India came into existence in 1947 as a secular nation and the Indian constitution’s preamble states that India is a secular state. Freedom of religion is established in tradition as Hinduism does not recognise labels of distinct religions[2][3] and has no concept of blasphemy or heresy.[4][5] Every citizen of India has a right to practice and promote
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1900-47 MOCK REVISION LIST 2012 The main focus of this option is on the changing relationship between Britain and India in this period and on the reasons for this‚ with particular reference to Indian nationalism. Students will be expected to understand the importance of the growth and impact of Congress and the Muslim League as they challenged Britain’s traditional role in India‚ and they should understand the reasons why independence led to Partition. A major requirement of this unit is working
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Different forms of power sharing in modern democracies : These are: (i) Power sharing as existed in different organs of government‚ (ii) Power sharing seen at different levels of government‚ (iii) Power sharing seen at different social groups‚ (iv) Power sharing among political parties‚ pressure groups and movements I. Power Sharing in Governance (i) Legislature: Power sharing to keep echo of each letter in constitution reverberating‚ to investigate cause and effect in comprehensive way
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KHILAFAT MOVEMENT 1. INTRODUCTION The First World War brought crises for the Muslim as the Turkish Ottoman Empire fought alongside the German and the Austrian empires against Britain‚ France and Russia. The Turkish defeated and at the end of the war‚ Muslims all over the world were concerned about how turkey would be treated. The Turkish sultan was recognized as the Khalifa‚ or Caliph: (the Khalifa had been the head of the world). It still had great symbolic value for all Muslims because the
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being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world‚ the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians‚ though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory‚ Gandhi is invited back to India‚ where he is now considered something of a national hero
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