DemocracyIndia Blog
How India won its freedom, wrote its Constitution and learnt to vote, and practical guides for taking part today.
Ninety years separate the rising at Meerut from the midnight of independence. Here are the events, organisations and people that carried India from one to the other.
Read the article →Two years, eleven months and eighteen days. How 299 members turned a freed country's hopes into the longest written constitution in the world.
In 1951 a newly free country of 173 million voters, most of whom could not read, held the largest election the world had seen. How India votes, and how that has changed.
In 1947 two-fifths of the subcontinent was ruled by princes. Within two years almost all of it had joined India. How Sardar Patel and V. P. Menon did it.
For twenty-one months, civil liberties were suspended, the press was censored and elections postponed. What happened, and the safeguards India built so it could not happen the same way again.
An overview of the Indian Constitution's history, structure and key features, from the Preamble to the Fundamental Rights.
A step-by-step guide to identifying your Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha representatives and understanding their roles.
Many eligible citizens miss out on welfare schemes due to lack of awareness. Here are 10 schemes worth checking.
Learn how to file a Right to Information application, what information you can request, and how to appeal a rejection.
A look at the most significant amendments to the Indian Constitution and how they shaped Indian democracy.