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Ornit Shani
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Ornit Shani’s ‘How India Became Democratic’ wins the Rs 15-lakh New India Foundation Book prize
An excerpt from the winning book on registering Partition refugees for the electoral rolls.
Ornit Shani
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As newly independent India set about becoming a democracy, the press played a crucial role
Preparing electoral rolls on the basis of universal adult franchise was the greatest experiment in democratic history and needed a narrative for the public.
Ornit Shani