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What are the three democratic upsurge that emerged in the post independence history of india? Explain

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Meghna Thapar 1 year, 1 month ago

Increasing participation of the people in the democratic politics of the country is broadly characterized as a democratic upsurge. Based on this principle, social scientists have characterized three democratic upsurges in the post-independence history of India. The ‘First Democratic Upsurge’ could be attributed from the 1950s till 1970s which was based on the participation of Indian adult voters to the democratic politics both at the centre and in states. Falsifying the western myth that the success of democracy requires modernization, urbanization, education and access to media, the successful holding of elections to both Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies all across states on the principle of parliamentary democracy were the testimony of India’s first democratic upsurge.