Contemporary comparative erudition on the topic of nationalism proposes another reason for India’s democratic survival. Under the independence movement, with the governance of Gandhi, Nehru and the Congress party turned what formerly had been a cultural unit into a nation with a cultural political unit. This transformation perpetuated Indian democracy: “There has to be a political unit before there can be a democracy” The strategic communications between British authorities and national movement leaders also laid the fundamentals of democracy. No historical explanation can be comprehensive unless it takes the “agency” of India’s freedom movement into justification – with the attainment of India’s autonomy. (Varshney 1998: 38)
After 1920, India’s
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Although many agree that British rule expedited Indian democracy by postulating an efficient structure, the conception that democracy is a British legacy is disputed. As seen with Pakistan, of a comparable background to India, the nation has been under imbedded or unambiguous military rule during its independence period. India’s national movement made the British uncertain about the legitimacy of their rule by enquiring superiority in their own political institutions. As a democracy exasperating to control an empire, Britain found that its liberalism was progressively pending into divergence with its …show more content…
To further our knowledge, democratization theories need to be verified by India’s experience which diverges from projected prototypes. India, as an outlier portrays the potencies and implications of these theories. Distinctly, India should be the preliminary base for articulating and analyzing a democratic theory in a developing country, due to the country’s size and of course its permanence of its democratic establishments. For the developing world, this is of prodigious substance. India establishes the possibility to commence the concurrent progress of the economy, state and society. Modernization theory isn’t necessarily disproven, but it does needs to be reassessed based on the Indian model. As the world continually evolves, theories and political concepts gradually become outdated, thus not being applicable nor appropriate to label particular states. This in turn jeopardizes a nation’s capability to progress, since they do not adhere to the predominant models we accept, therefore they cannot apply the strategies appropriate for their own advancement. India, defying the norms, provides us with the leeway to adapt current models and produce new ones, enveloping the conception of democratization for years to
The general cause of the Indian Independence Movement was India’s desire for independence from British, French and Portuguese Rule. The aim of the movement was “Swaraj, a self-governing India” (Sharma, 2005, p. 22). One, more specific, cause of the Indian Independence Movement took place in 1905 when the province of Bengal was divided into two provinces,
British Imperialism had a negative impact on the politics of India because the British took away control of the country for their benefit and enforced laws that discriminated against Indians. Lavani claims the British “established the framework for India’s justice system, civil service, loyal army, and efficient police force.” However, this framework was not intended for the Indians, but for the British. For example, 94% of government positions were held by Englishman (Doc. #2). These people had “no permanent interest in their well-being” and returned to England after “forty-five or fifty-five years of age with large pensions (Doc. #2).” This shows the British government used India as a source of wealth and controlled the people without
British imperialism had a negative impact on the politics of india because of how the government rules were created and who they were created by, and the army and what they used the army for. Lalvani claims that the British established the framework for india's justice system, civil sysytem, army and efficient political force (Lalvani). Yes, British did help establish the framework but, they only aloud 60 indians and 900 british to government India, which means only 6% of the government was controlled by indians (Doc #4). While the british controlled India, the Indians never learned how to govern themselves, while the British only created laws that benefited themselfs. In addition to that, Lalvani claims that the British help create the indian
British imperialism had a negative impact on the politics of India because of the establishment of the framework for India that leads to their downfall and the Indian Army which they used to control their own kind. According to Dr.Lalvani, the British established the framework for India’s justice system, civil services, loyal army, and the efficient loyal police. (Paragraph #6). While this is true, the framework didn’t include the Indians, because “Of 960 civil offices, 900 are occupied by English men and 60 by natives”(Doc. #2). British laws often benefited the British and were designed to limit the freedom of speech of the Indians, for example, the Rowlatt Act in 1919. (Gandhi). This evidence shows that the British, when creating the framework for the new and improved India wanted to benefit from it while trying to lower the Indian’s and limit the
Q6. India is a large and prosperous nation in Asia, they are also a nation of which who has the largest and most influential democracy. India prospers and thrives when it comes to their political and economic stances. Previously, we had learned the India was the jewel in the crown for the country of England. England had obtained control over India for a long period of time making India one of their best and most profitable colonies. Therefore, their political and economic success would be very crucial when it comes to the future of democracy in Asia. During this time in the world, democracy and communism were battling, trying to prove which one was better. The Soviet Union along with the East argued that communism was the way to go; on the
Britain had a desire to have a more economic, political, and social influence over India. Even though the British never preserved a notable military existence in India, they were able to maintain political control. Many changes were made, which benefitted India, but there were also some changes, which contributed to its deterioration. Despite the negative impacts Britain left on India, imperialism is best understood as a strong country extending its authority, in order to increase its wealth, by bringing more of the world under its control, because Britain helped in the development of India from a nation-state, to a unified country, which is modernly the world’s largest democracy.
India was set upon Colonialism by the British government. This made British government responsible for the actions it took upon the indian people. The British government has to be held responsible for the destructions it made when India was directly under the British reign. The British empire took species, textiles and other goods from the indian colonies. This made India the main trading source for the period of European exploration. In the 18th century France and Britain fought for control of this land, but finally the British empire gained this territory. The British Raj is the time period when the East India Company was transferred to the Crown Queen Victoria making her the Empress of India. In 1900, India became a part of the British Empire,
It became evident that the British could maintain the empire only at enormous cost. At the end of the Second World War, they saw the writing on the wall, and initiated a number of constitutional moves to effect the transfer of power to the sovereign State of India. For the first and perhaps the only time in history, the power of a mighty global empire 'on which the sun never set', had been challenged and overcome by the moral might of a people armed only with ideals and courage.
Throughout the years many historians have compilated and examined why Indian people were so desperate to gain back their independence from the British Empire during their rule over India, from 1612 to 1947. The reasoning can most definitely be found as the British discriminated against Indian people as they believe that they were inferior; it is no surprise that Indian people fought so hard for their independence. Throughout the British Raj, they placed and put forward unbelievably racist acts and laws which discriminated against Indian people. Which of course led to Indians to rebel against the British rule and which the British reacted with causing massacres. Explaining the nationalistic many India’s felt during the British Raj.
Coming into the late 19th century the need for trade in India under the rule of the British was at an ultimate high. Trade of goods such as cotton, and jute became more and more common in demand of trade. With the railway system coming into play it allowed India to become one of the top major exporters of such crops. The railways had been built within the Indian terrain but that were also built, with the help of many British investors, all around the Atlantic. With this new found transportation in India the economy boosted in means of production and trade routes broadened.
Through the study of human history it is evident authoritative and monarch governments prevailed as legitimate authorities but with careful considerations these political systems were seen as inaccurate by many. New political systems, functions and responsibilities soon began to surface. Democracy was among these new political systems and argues for the influence of citizens in politics and the protection of rights (Dahl, 1998, p. 44). Democracy can be found through many political systems around the world particularly in first world countries such as Canada and the United States of America. Fortunately the notions of democracy can also be found in some developing countries such as India. ¬¬¬Although democratic views and notions are found throughout Indian politics and its associated practices India does not prove to be completely democratic in relation to Robert Dahl’s criteria of democracy highlighted in his book, On Democracy. Robert Dahl, a political scientist and professor, sets up 5 criteria of democracy that includes effective participation, voting equality, enlightened understanding, inclusion and control of agenda (Dahl, 1998, p. 36-7). He argues that a sense of true democracy is founded when all 5 criteria of democracy are fulfilled (Dahl, 1998, p. 36). Unfortunately India is unable to accommodate the criteria of voting equality and effective participation due to its
India is the biggest democracy in the world, with a government type of federal republic. The country’s form of government mimics the United States with its federal structure. The federal government consists of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. In addition, India has adopted the a British style parliamentary system that allows for it its central government to have great power in relation to its states, according to US Department of State- Background Notes website (The Office of Electronic
Additionally, in more precarious democratic governments such as India’s, peoples right to power is still recognized. Ronojoy Sen remarks of India’s 2009 elections that, “a handful of successful professionals and entrepreneurs even ran”(cite). Despite implying that only successful peoples were exercising their liberties, elucidated in this article is the potential of any citizen to attain political power, demonstrating true liberal democracy in its purest form. Communism does not give its people these liberties, the party is the “agent for creating political development” (Janos, pg. 2) and there is little need for elections as the outcome is pre-determined. In the case of Nazism, while Hitler utilised democracy to attain power, once in control democracy was replaced with autocracy.
80s onward when Indian society already stood the test of democracy, yet reeling under several vexing issues,
In the 18th century Kashmir was ruled by the Muslim Pashtun Durrani Empire. In 1819 Kashmir was conquered by the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh. Following the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1845 and 1846, Kashmir was first ceded by the Treaty of Lahore to the East India Company, and shortly after sold by the Treaty of Amritsar to Gulab Singh, Raja of Jammu, who thereafter was given the title Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. From then until the Partition of India, Kashmir was ruled by the Hindu Maharajas of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu although