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Har Dayal: Three Years That Made a Difference

Har Dayal, a founding member of the Ghadar party, was an anarchist who moved between advocacy of revolution to pacificism, later advocating a utopian “world state”. An account of his years (1911-14)…

▶03-May-2023

Anuradha Kumar

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Examining the Making of the Constitution

At the dawn of independence, the liberal traditions that underpin a constitutional democracy were absent in India. How did the framers of the Constitution deal with this challenge?

▶23-Jun-2020

Christophe Jaffrelot

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Har Dayal: Three Years That Made a Difference

Examining the Making of the Constitution