PANCHAYAT RAJ AS THE BASIS OF INDIAN POLITY

AN EXPLORATION INTO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

Panchyat Raj as the Basis of Indian Polity (1962), the first in this series was the first book of Sri Dharampal. It presented extracts from the Constituent Assembly Debates on the place of Panchayat Raj in the constitutional polity of Independent India. This passionate debate ultimately led to the mention of Panchayat Raj in the non-enforceable Directive Principles part of the Constitution. The book gave an early indication of the deep interest Dharampalji was to develop in the understanding of classical Indian society and polity and the process of the subversion by the British.