Experiences from Eastern and North-Eastern India
by
Kalipada Deb
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
The Independent India of 1947 was steeped in extreme of poverty, ignorance and illiteracy. An overwhelming proportion of the population was in semi-starving condition, and the literacy had reached less than a fifth. In this situation, the Constitution that came in 1950 opted for a parliamentary form...