Panchayat in Modern India : Documents and Cases since 1800
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
9369737928
ISBN-13
9789369737925
Publisher
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
Imprint
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 31st, 2025
Print length
448 Pages
Weight
516 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.50 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Asian historyAsian history
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These rare historical documents and cases record Europeans’ first contact with panchayats and subsequent British attempts to integrate them into governance under Company rule, the British Raj to the end of World War I.
One of the great enigmas of Indian society, the panchayat has been hailed by Gandhi as an authentic institution of Indian democracy, and decried by Ambedkar as a remnant of a primeval past and an organised conspiracy to oppress Dalits. It serves today as the foundation of Indian local governance as well as a ‘kangaroo court’ that orders honour killings. Thus, paradoxically, it is at once ancient and modern, democratic and despotic, judicial and legislative, idealised and demonised. This volume presents a collection of historically relevant documents and legal cases illustrating the history of the panchayat, especially its evolution and adaptation as it functioned as a judicial institution and arena for dispute resolution—its earliest and original purpose—through the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.
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