Mother of Democracy :Tracing the roots of Indian democracy ‘Bharat: Loktantra ki Janani’. This presentation is divided into 3 parts:- New Initiative by PM Modi Elements of Indian culture and tradition Book Review- “India: The Mother of democracy prepared and published by ICHR (Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi )'Samvidhan Divas’, National law Day is celebrated in our country On 26th November. In Nov 26, 1949, Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, which came into effect from 26th January 1950. PM will launch new initiatives under the e-court project The initiatives being launched by Prime Minister Modi include ‘virtual justice clock’, ‘JustIS’ mobile app 2.0, digital court and ‘S3WaaS’ websites giving the details of cases instituted, cases disposed and pendency of cases It is multilingual, citizen friendly and divyang (pople with special needs) friendly Indian element, Culture and Tradition in the Indian constitution The partition of India in 1947, made this unique land of cultural unity divided Most of the people do not know the pictures illustrated in its original copy of the hand written Constitution of India. Such books are also not available in the market containing the pictures of Indian Constitution. The calligraphy in the original constitution was done by Prem Behari Narain Raizda. It was illuminated by Nandalal Bose and other artists, which was published and photolithographed by the Survey of India Offices at Derah Dun.20 pictures so far enshrined in the Constitution of India may be termed as the reflection of Culture and Tradition of Bharat Lanka Vijay and Sita Uddhar by Lord Ram Gita Upadesh by Lord Krishna Vedic Life, Ganga Anayan by Bhagirata (Bringing Ganages from heaven to the earth by Bhagiratha), King Vikramaditya Gautam Buddha Tirthankar Mahavir llustration of Nalanda University Chatrapati Shivaji Guru Govinda Singh Rani Lakshmibai Scene of Himalaya

1. Mother of Democracy :Tracing the roots of Indian democracy
‘Bharat: Loktantra ki Janani’.
Presentation for Webinar
Organized by:
Dept of Political Science, Central Sanskrit university, Jaipur Rajasthan ,
India 26th November,2022 on the eve of 73rd constitution Day
Ashima Sahni Head Department of Political Science
Kanya Maha Vidayalaya (Autonomous) college, Jalandhar

2. This presentation is divided into 3 parts:-
 New Initiative by PM Modi
 Elements of Indian culture and tradition
 Book Review- “India: The Mother of
democracy prepared and published by ICHR
(Indian Council of Historical Research, New
Delhi )

3.  'Samvidhan Divas’, National law Day is
celebrated in our country On 26th November. In
Nov 26, 1949, Constituent Assembly of India
adopted the Constitution of India, which came
into effect from 26th January 1950.
 PM will launch new initiatives under the e-court
project
 The initiatives being launched by Prime Minister
Modi include ‘virtual justice clock’, ‘JustIS’ mobile
app 2.0, digital court and ‘S3WaaS’ websites
giving the details of cases instituted, cases
disposed and pendency of cases
 It is multilingual, citizen friendly and divyang
(pople with special needs) friendly.

4. Indian element, Culture and Tradition in the Indian
constitution
The partition of India in 1947, made this unique land of cultural unity
divided
Most of the people do not know the pictures illustrated in its original
copy of the hand written Constitution of India. Such books are also not
available in the market containing the pictures of Indian Constitution.
The calligraphy in the original constitution was done by Prem Behari
Narain Raizda. It was illuminated by Nandalal Bose and other artists,
which was published and photolithographed by the Survey of India
Offices at Derah Dun.

5. 20 pictures so far enshrined in the Constitution of India may be termed as the
reflection of Culture and Tradition of Bharat
1. Lanka Vijay and Sita Uddhar by Lord Ram
2. Gita Upadesh by Lord Krishna
3. Vedic Life,
4. Ganga Anayan by Bhagirata (Bringing Ganages from heaven to the earth by
Bhagiratha),
5. King Vikramaditya
6. Gautam Buddha
7. Tirthankar Mahavir
8. llustration of Nalanda University
9. Chatrapati Shivaji
10.Guru Govinda Singh
11.Rani Lakshmibai
12.Scene of Himalaya

7. • Every picture drawn in every Part of the Constitution of
India has its own relevance and significance.
• The Part I of The Union and its Territory starts with the
Seal of Mahanjadaro. The seal emblems with the
traditional Oxen worship in India.
• Part II, Citizenship starts with the scene reflecting the
Vedic Tradition of Yajna tradition in India;

8. Chapter III, Fundamental Rights starts with the win of Truth and
faith over the evil power by depicting the picture of Lanka Vijay

9. Part IV, Directive Principles of State Policy reflects of the knowledge of Gita
as exhorted by Lord Krishan

12.  Two pics of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (
one of Dandi March and other is Noakhali
Hindu Carnage visit)
 One pic of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
 pictures of AKBAR and TIPU SULTAN

13. • INSPIRED BY IRISH CONSITUTION
• SEVERALASPECTS OF ANGLO SEXAN MODEL
• FRENCH PRINCIPAL OF LIBERTY
• FRAME WORK OF WESTERN CULTURE
• OUR OWN REASONS
LATEST DEBATES
• HOW INDIAN IS THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION?
• IS IT SYMBOL OF COLONIALISM?
• DUAL CONSCIOUS ?

14. sermons to India by western world about democracy
 Many things we have been told by world in the guise of
sophisticated words like ….freedom of speech, how ding ,
intimidation
 Those who raise Doubts on Indian democracy needs to
understand:-
 Our democracy is not western institution but human institution
 Indian history is full of democratic values presence of 81
republic…our nationalism is inspired by satyam shivam sundaram
and not selfish motives
 Whatever world tells us we listen and accept it …we are not only
biggest democracy but we are mother of democracy …Indian
ancient culture, traditions, customs are democratic that’s why we
are democracy and not merely because of legal framework

15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in most
of his public addresses stresses that India
is a mother democracy e.g.
“India’s civilisational ethos is one of the
original sources of democracy, contrary to
the narrative set by the western world.
 in his address at the 76th United Nations
General Assembly, said that India is not
just the oldest democracy but also the
mother of democracy.
 Independence day speech 15th Aug,2022.
 Lok Sabha speeches

16. WHY THIS NARRATIVE ?
1.Present Indian Society needs to take
pride in its civilisational prowess in
order to achieve big.
2 To encourage healthy debates on
India’s democratic legacy and inspire
future generations to cherish our
timeless ethos.

17. DEMPCRACY AND OUR ANCIENT LITERATURE
Democratic thoughts from the Arthaśāstra,
Governing principles from ancient sanskrit scriptures Sanskrit scriptures based on Śruti,
Smṛti, Itihasa and Mahakavya.
Democratic tradition among the tribes of North East India
Democracy in the working of ”temple establishments”, “temple establishment
functioning in democratic way”, “In ancient times, when we did not have banks and
granaries, temples were everything for us. They were not just the sacred places of
worship, but they also acted as banks and granaries and places of discourse. Therefore,
they functioned in a proper democratic way,”
khap panchayats and democratic traditions in Haryana janjati and khaps because the
way people understand khap is not correct. The actual meaning of khap and its
democratic traditions , and not the khaps, representing clans, usually of Jats, have
become infamous for their orthodoxy and patriarchy.

18. Book ‘India: The Mother of Democracy’
November 24, 2022 Union Education & Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the book
‘India: The Mother of Democracy’ prepared and published by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
in New Delhi
 The book is an attempt to showcase the democratic ethos ingrained in India since the dawn of civilisation.
 Scholars have made an attempt to present an evidence-based account of the origins and ideals of Indian
democracy for challenging the western narrative.
 The book has 30 articles written by 30 different authors tracing India’s democratic history, starting from the
Harappan civilisation.
 It has been divided into six parts: archaeology, literature, numismatics and epigraphy; gana, mahajanapada,
rajya: a legacy of ‘Loktantra’; bhakti and sampraday: visualising democratic traditions; the blossoming of
democratic ‘Ism’s: Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism; the idea of ‘Loka’: Janjati and Khaps; and tracing the
ethos of democracy: humanity and colonialism

19.  The authors included renowned
archeologist Vasant Shinde, professor
Rajiv Lochan of
Panjab University,
 professor Jigar Mohammad of Jammu
University and professor Veenu Pant of
Sikkim University
 ICHR member secretary Umesh Ashok
Kadam, who is one of the chief editors of
the book,.

20.  The book begins with an article on Harappan civilisation, the architect of
the democratic system in the world.
 The roots of democracy can be traced in India from as early as the 4th
century.
 The stone inscriptions of Thanjavur are a living testimonial of the same.
 Evidence of societal systems that were at place during the Kalinga and
Lichchhavi period also speak volumes about the democratic DNA of India
 stone inscriptions of Uthiramerur, a village near Chennai, dating back to the
10th century when the Chola empire, centred around Thanjavur, ruled vast
parts of the peninsula.
 The Lichchavikas, who had a kingdom in the Gangetic plains in the 7th
century BCE, formed a republic governed by an assembly.
 Kalinga, in modern-day Odisha, was, as far back as 2nd century BCE,
considered a democracy.

21. CONTROVERSY OVER THE ISSUE
 The concept note created a controversy when the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) raised concern over its content.
 The CPI (M) raised objections over the content of the concept note that
said “India was never an aristocratic nation” and on khap panchayats.

22. CONCLUSION
 Indian people, infused with the spirit of equality
,
have had since the very Vedic times
a lokatantrika-parampara.”
 Democracy in India is neither a gift from the
colonial rulers nor inspired by Western thought,

23. THIS ISSUES NEED HEALTHY DEBATES AND DEMANDS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH