Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ203399

Challenges for Democracy in India

Authors(1) :-Surya Bhan Prasad

Democracy means democratic government system. In this system, the government is run by the representatives elected by the people. In this, the power does not run according to any one person. Former President of the United States of America Abraham Lincon said, “Democracy is a government of the people,. Democracy is made up of two words Demo means people and Kratos means power i.e. power in a democracy is in the hands of the people.

Authors and Affiliations

Surya Bhan Prasad
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, M.G.K. Vidyapith, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Democracy, Government, Peoples, Illitracy, Poverty

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 1 | January-February 2020
Date of Publication : 2020-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 240-244
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ203399
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Surya Bhan Prasad , "Challenges for Democracy in India", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp.240-244, January-February.2020
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