Some facts about Indian Democracy

     Working of Indian constitution.

It has been 67 years since India has achieved its indipendence . India is a country that has developed dramatically in infrastructure,industrialism,information trchnowlogy and many more things.Unity in diversity ;culture and simplicity ,yet grandeur and celebration ; development and progress in multy- spheres ,India has emerged as a powerful and significant nation in the world today. Its role in world politics and democratic initiatives in nations has been widely appreciated and respected .As one of the most celebrated nations Asia ,India has stood by the neighbouring nations in the times of turmoil and adversity and has been acknowladged as a strong pillar of stength and support.Our achievement in the field of science and tecknowlogy,sports,economy,entertainment,etc.tell a long story of struggle ,creativity,knowledge and recognition.The basis of all this success and achievements comes from the fact that India is the largest democracy of the world.
Indian commitment to democratic values and processes predates our indipendence in 1947.The father of nation Mahatma gandhi called for universal adult franchise as early as 1931,long before india became indipendence.Our political leadership remained true to this commitment and the constitution we adopted after Indipendence enshrined democracy based on free elections and the associated principals of tolerance of dissent,freedom for political activity,protection of human rights and thr Rule of Law. Indian democracy has been faishoned around India's civilisational ethos,which celebrates diversity.Our society today is the culmination of centuries of assimilation of divers people and ethnic groups All the major religion of the world aee represented in india .We have a tremendous diversity of languages  customes and treditions. These characteristics are embodied in indian constitution to guide the countary's policy and lawmakers.
The constitutionof india is a product of the constitution assembly ,which had been elected for undivided india.The Assembly held its first sitting in december ,1946.The salient principalsof the ptlroposed constitution had been outlined by various committees of the assembly such as the union union constitution committee ,the union powers committee,an committees,the assembly appointed a drafting committee on 29th August ,1947.The constitution come into force on the 26th January 1950,and this date is reffered to in the constitution as the Date od its Commencement.
Political system introduced by our contitution possesses all the essentials of a fedral polity _ Dual Government,Distribution of Powers ,Supermacy of the Condtitution and Authority of the Courts_ which are the essence of a fedral sustem.
Our election are conducted under the supervision of a statutory independent election commision,which has  earned respect for electing a new Lower House of Parliament ( Lok Sabha) involves managament of the largest event in the world .The electorate exceedes 600 million voting  in 8000,000 polling stations spread across widely varying geographic and climatic zones .polling stations are located in the snow-clad mountains in the Himalayas ,the deserts of the Rajasthan and in sparsely populated islands in the Indian ocean.

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