GK
INDIAN POLITICS
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provides for an elected parliament
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provides for adult franchise
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contains a bill of rights
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has no hereditary elements
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Detailed explanation-1: -India is a republic because the constitution has given the citizens of India the power to choose their own representatives and form their own government. Republic means that the supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950.
Detailed explanation-3: -India is a parliamentary secular democratic republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the prime minister of India is the head of government.
Detailed explanation-4: -India is called a republic because its head is an elected one. In India the representatives are elected by the people of the country. The representatives elected by citizens have the power to take decisions on our behalf. In India there exist an elected head of state, i.e., the President.