Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Here are different opinions about what made India a democracy. How much importance would you give to each of these factors?
(a) Democracy in India is a gift of the British rulers. We received training to work with representative legislative institutions under the British rule.
(b) Freedom struggle challenged the colonial exploitation and denial of different freedoms to Indians. Free India could not be anything but democratic.
(c) We are lucky to have leaders who had democratic convictions. The denial of democracy in several other newly independent countries shows the important role of these leaders.
Advertisements
उत्तर
(a) Before the arrival of Britishers, India predominantly had a monarchial way of administration. The arrival of the Britishers and centuries of oppression in their hands led to the generation of solidarity and increased the Indian understanding of the concept of Democracy.Therefore no, democracy is not a gift to India from the British rulers; it is a hard-earned laurel earned by the sweat and blood of numerous nationalist Indians. At the same time, it also needs to be acknowledged that it was the British rule that gave Indians the first taste of how legislative should work, so yes there is a contribution technically.
(b) The freedom struggle and the choice of democracy are two nearly exclusive topics. There are several examples in the world history like Pakistan, where the country even after earning freedom with difficulty eventually turned into non-democratic. It was the efforts and insight of the leaders of the time of independence that Democracy was chosen as the best legislative model.
(c) The leaders at the time of the Indian Independence were surely insightful and virtuous to ensure that Democracy is adopted. This insight was because they had the firsthand experience of the oppression under the British rule. They made sure that their descendant nationals do not face the same fate as them, thus they protected India from slipping into a frame that was undemocratic. So yes, we were lucky in that matter.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Which of these is a provision that a democratic constitution does not have?
(a) Powers of the head of the state
(b) Name of the head of the state
(c) Powers of the legislature
(d) Name of the country
Read the following extract from a conduct book for ‘married women’, published in 1912. ‘God has made the female species delicate and fragile both physically and emotionally, pitiably incapable of self-defence. They are destined thus by God to remain in male protection − of father, husband and son − all their lives. Women should, therefore, not despair, but feel obliged that they can dedicate themselves to the service of men’. Do you think the values expressed in this para reflected the values underlying our constitution? Or does this go against the constitutional values?
Collect information about the various members of the Constituent Assembly and their social background.
The first meeting of Constituent Assembly was held in ______.
Give Short Answers.
What did our Constitution contain?
Give Short Answers.
How long did the Constituent Assembly take to finally pass the Constitution?
The Constituent Assembly was set up under ______.
Apart from B.R. Ambedkar, how many other members were in the Drafting Committee?
Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter.
Members of the Constituent Assembly of India held the same views on all provisions of the Constitution.
Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter.
A country that has a constitution must be a democracy. dC
