01326nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801280007608200120020410000180021624501070023426000490034130000190039036500080040952006300041765000150104765000170106265000240107970000170110320260619121519.0260619b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670090754  a: Savera Book Distributorsb: 4754, Akarshan Bhawan, 23, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhic: INV/26-27/0267d: 16/06/2026  a954 SHA  aShani, Ornit.  aHow India Became Democraticb: Citizenship and the Making of the Unieversal Franchise.c/ Ornit Shani.  aNew Delhi b: Penguin Random House c, 2018.  a284p.c: 24cm.  b559  aHow India Became Democratic tells the untold story of the preparation of the electoral roll on the basis of universal adult franchise in the world's largest democracy and offers a new view of the way democracy captured the political imagination of its diverse peoples.
Indians became voters before they were citizens-by the time the constitution came into force in 1950, the notion of universal franchise and electoral democracy were already grounded. Drawing on rich archival materials, Shani shows how the Indian people were a driving force in the making of democratic citizenship as they struggled for their voting rights.  aDemocratic  aCitizenship   aUniversal Franchise  aOrnit Shani.