01377nam a22002297a 4500 20260619121519.0 260619b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780670090754 : Savera Book Distributors : 4754, Akarshan Bhawan, 23, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi : INV/26-27/0267 : 16/06/2026 954 SHA Shani, Ornit. How India Became Democratic : Citizenship and the Making of the Unieversal Franchise. / Ornit Shani. New Delhi : Penguin Random House , 2018. 284p. : 24cm. 559 How 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. Democratic Citizenship Universal Franchise Ornit Shani. BOOK 69407 69407 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2026-06-19 Savera Book Distributors 559.00 0 954 SHA 31550 2026-06-19 12:15:57 2026-06-19 BOOK