https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-03-24 20:13:50 UTC 2023-03-17 18:35:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-04/28/5/enhanced/webdr04/enhanced-buzz-29556-1430213417-10.jpg 0808344 https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6/wish/163545358 India is a federation with a parliamentary system governed under the Constitution of India, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, in which "majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law".  India's form of government, traditionally described as "quasi-federal" with a strong cent re and weak states, has grown increasingly federal since the late 1990's as a result of political, economic, and social changes. The Federal Government comprises of three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.

]]> 2017-03-29 20:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6/wish/163545358 0808344 https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6/wish/163545879 Since its independence in 1947, India has maintained cordial relations with most nations. In the 1950s, it strongly supported decolonisation in Africa and Asia and played a lead role in the Non-Aligned Movement.  In the late 1980s, the Indian military twice intervened abroad at the invitation of neighbouring countries: a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990; and an armed intervention to prevent a 1988 coup d'état attempt in Maldives.]]> 2017-03-29 20:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6/wish/163545879 0808344 https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6/wish/163546323 Traditional Indian society is sometimes defined by social hierarchy. The Indian caste system embodies much of the social stratification and many of the social restrictions found in the Indian subcontinent. Social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups, often termed as jātis, or "castes".India declared untouchability to be illegal in 1947 and has since enacted other anti-discriminatory laws and social welfare initiatives. At the workplace in urban India and in international or leading Indian companies, the caste related identification has pretty much lost its importance.

]]> 2017-03-29 20:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6/wish/163546323 0808344 https://padlet.com/0809444/wpd7lbb3tu6/wish/163553016 India is a federation composed of 29 states and 7 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the centre through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis.Since then, their structure has remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts. The districts in turn are further divided into tehsils and ultimately into villages.

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