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R.S.S.
a radical Hindu organization that targeted migrants; RSS volunteers participated in various political and social movements including the freedom movement and the organization became the leading Hindu nationalist organization in India.
Winston Churchill
poured scorn on the idea of a Constituent Assembly dominated by "one major community in India," the caste Hindus.
Objectives Resolution
proclaimed India as an "independent sovereign republic," guaranteeing its citizens "justice, social, economic and political; equality of status; of opportunity, and before the law; freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship, vocation, association and action, subject to law and public morality" - while assuring adequate safeguards for minorities.
B. R. Ambedkar
law minister to the Union govt. and chairman of the drafting committee for the constitution; surprised those who condemn Provincialism and communalism should come forward as champions of the village; said that the village was a sink of localism, and den of ignorance, narrow-mindedness and communalism
Fiscal Federalism
when the government decides which functions are best to be centralized and which ones don't need to be; some taxes (customs duties, and company taxes) would be collected by the central govt; others (income taxes and excise duties) were shared with states; estate taxes were only taken by the states
Government of India Act of 193
Fundamental Rights: (1) derived from the negative obligations of the state not to encroach on or stifle personal liberty (2) positive obligation to protect individuals and groups from arbitrary state action
Directive Principles: (1) derived from the positive obligations of the state to provide for a more fulfilling life for the citizen
Raghu Vira
claimed that ancient India was the originator of the Republican system of government and spread the system to other parts of the world
K. Santhanam
thought that the fiscal provisions would make provinces "beggars at the door of the Centre"; in the US, both federal and state govts. could levy all kinds of tax but in India crucial sources of revenue, such as the income tax, had been denied to the provinces
K. M. Munshi
argued for the construction of a center as strong as possible; close to being a Hindu chauvinist however, after the communal violence in 1946 and '47, he bore witness to the need for a strong center
B. Pocker Bahadur
if separate electorates were abolished, then important groups would be "left feeling that they have not got an adequate voice in the governance of the country"; as matters stand at present, it is difficult for non-Muslims to realize the needs and requirements of the Muslim community
Sardar Patel**
believed that separate electorates had in the past led to the division of India
Mansa Mehta
rejected reserved seats, quotas, and separate electorates; didn't want privileges, he wanted social, economic, and political justice
R. K. Chaudhuri
in favor of reserving seats for women; said that it is hard to give women what they want when they dont ask for it
H. J. Khandekar
pointed out that untouchables were conspicuously under-represented in the upper echelons of the administration;in provinces where they might constitute as much as 25% of the population, will only hold 1seat whereas the 2% of Brahmins had two thirds
Indian Institute of Technology
excellent state subsidized college; free market capitalists dont like all the state funding but the must thank Nehru for the new economy
Radio Moscow
had a monopoly on Radios so Russia could influence Indian politics through Indian communist groups
Upper House
appointed by electoral college
Lower House
voted in by popular vote
President
nominated; and has no real power
Prime Minister
voted into position; exercises the power that we would think the president would have
Vice President
head of the houses