CH 4 KEY ELEMENT OF DEMOCRATIVE GOVERNMENT

Patel persuaded almost every princely state to accede to India. His commitment to national integration in the newly independent country was total and uncompromising, earning him the sobriquet “Iron Man of India”.

Bharat MataBharat Mata (literally “Mother India”), the national personification of India. Scholars have noted allusions to this goddess in the protagonist Radha and in the film Mother India, which is interpreted as an allegorical representation of India after independence.

Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.

The United Nations’ 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers”.

rule of law, the mechanism, process, institution, practice, or norm that supports the equality of all citizens before the law, secures a nonarbitrary form of government, and more generally prevents the arbitrary use of power.

Which are the countries that have the best constitution in the world?Follow USA. It has been already mentioned that the constitution of the USA is the oldest written constitution. … USSR. The constitution of USSR is highly flexible and is not at all static. … Ireland. … UK. … Saudi Arabia.

The noun constitution is from Latin, from constitutus, “set up, established,” plus the suffix -ion, meaning “act, state, or condition.” So think of a constitution as how a body (yours, the government’s) is set up. If you have a strong constitution, it means you don’t get sick very often.

rule of law, the mechanism, process, institution, practice, or norm that supports the equality of all citizens before the law, secures a nonarbitrary form of government, and more generally prevents the arbitrary use of power.

New Zealand has no single constitutional document. It is an uncodified constitution, sometimes referred to as an “unwritten constitution”, although the New Zealand constitution is in fact an amalgamation of written and unwritten sources.

the Library of the Parliament of IndiaIt is signed by the framers of the constitution, most of whom are regarded as the founders of the Republic of India. The original of the book is kept in a special helium-filled case in the Library of the Parliament of India.