how are local bodies the training centres of democracy:
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The concept of local self Government is a very old model in India. It attained its pinnacle under the later Cholas or the Imperial Cholas of Tanjore. It declined under the onslaught of feudalism during Muslim rule and was revived under the British period, with lord Ripon’s Resolution in 1882. After Independence, the Gandhian ideal of Grama Swaraj greatly influenced the constitution makers. India being the land of the village emphasis’s for the creation of village panchayats. Restoration of panchayats to their pristine glory has been an article of faith during our freedom struggle. Hence with the drawn of independence and framing of the constitution of India, Article 40 was incorporated in the constitution. It runs as follows: “the State should take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as the units of self Governments.