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Video interview: ‘The British said it would be impossible. But Indian bureaucrats made it possible’

Name: Video interview: ‘The British said it would be impossible. But Indian bureaucrats made it possible’
Uploaded: 2018-04-22T13:53:02.408850+05:30
Channel: Smitha Nair
Description: Writer Ornit Shani uncovers the greatest experiment in India’s democratic history, the creation of universal adult franchise.

Writer Ornit Shani uncovers the greatest experiment in India’s democratic history, the creation of universal adult franchise.

Smitha Nair

Feb 10, 2018 · 08:45 am

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

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