Question

Article on democracy in contemporary world.

Answer 1

The classic definition of democracy says that it is government for the people, of the people and by the people. In other words, democracy is a form of government in which people are allowed to choose their rulers. Following are the two important features of democracy:

Only elected leaders by people rule the country.
People have freedom to express views, freedom to organize and freedom to protest.

Answer 2

Answer:

Firstly let us understand what is democracy

A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

In simple democracy people's government.

Democracy is better than other form of government because.

∆ It protects the interests of citizens.

∆ It promotes equality.

∆ It generally takes a stable decision.

Though India became a free nation on August 15, 1947, it declared itself a Sovereign, Democratic and Republic state with the adoption of the Constitution on January 26, 1950. The Constitution gave the citizens of India the power to choose their own government and paved the way for democracy.

India has a federal form of government, and hence each state also has its own government. The executive of each state is the Governor whose role is ceremonial. The real power resides with the Chief Minister  and the state council of ministers.

Other examples of democratic nations are

- Finland

- Iceland: