Liberalism in India
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This article gives an overview of liberalism in India. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.
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[edit] Contemporary Liberal Politics
Liberal Party of India was founded on 12 April 2005. In early 2004 Indian liberals attempted to renew the Swantra Party by forming the Swantantra Bharat Party.
The Liberal Party of India (LPI) accepts in its fold those committed to providing India with:
- Integrity
- Security of religious liberties
- Worlds best economic policies.
[edit] The timeline
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1885-1920s - Indian National Congress
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- The Congress was founded by staunch, nationalist liberals, like Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Almost the entire leadership of the Congress till mid-1920s was liberal. Sometime in the 1920s, the agenda of the Congress was taken over by socialists like Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose, forcing liberals to move into a separate platform. Gandhi however retained liberal leanings. He was opposed to government taking over ownership of property. He wanted to bring responsible business and local self-government.
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1919-1945 - National Liberal Federation of India
1959-1973 - Swatantra Party
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- Founded by Rajaji; merged with B.K.D. led by Charan Singh
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1994- - Swatantra Bharat Party
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- Farmers for Freedom
- New farmers movement: Sharad Joshi
- Swatantra Bharat Party
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1998-2003 - Urban liberals demand a liberal political alternative,
2004- - Swatantra Gokhale Party
[edit] Prominent Indian Liberals
Pre-Independence
Swatantra Party
- C. Rajagopalachari a.k.a. Rajaji
- Minoo Masani
- B.R. Shenoy
Contemporary Indian Liberals
- Jadgish Bhagwati
- Deepak Lal
- Gurcharan Das
- Parth J. Shah, Founder President, Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi.
- Madhu Kishwar, Founder, Manushi
- S.V. Raju, President, Indian Liberal Group
- Sanjeev Sabhlok
- Surjeet Bhalla
- Shekhar Gupta
[edit] Documents and Articles
- 21 Principles of the Swatantra Party. The 21 Principles Word document. From The Swatantra Party – Victory in Defeat. Rajaji Foundation, 2002.
- Ray T. Smith, The Role of India's "Liberals" In The Nationalist Movement, 1915-1947 Word document 103 KB (from Asian Survey, Vol 8 (7) June 1968, pp.607-24)
- H.R. Pasricha, The Swatantra Party – Victory in Defeat. Rajaji Foundation, 2002.
- Minoo Masani, On the Swatantra Party Word document (from ‘Freedom and Dissent’ published by Democratic Research Service– permission obtained)
- Rajmohan Gandhi, War Against the status quo (Essay on C. Rajagopalachari and the Swatantra Party).
- C.R. Narasimhan, Chapter 14: The last years Word document – from "Rajagopalachari. A Biography" by (son of Rajaji). Radiant Publishers, 1993.
- S.V. Raju (1974) (on the death of the Swatantra Party), The Notional Alternative, Freedom First, Sept. 1974
- Howard L. Erdman, India’s Swatantra Party (from Public Affairs Vol 36, Issue 4, Winter 1963-1964, pp. 394-410)
- Gurcharan Das
- Parth Shah
- Wanted: a Liberal Party
- Evolution of Liberalism in India, Liberal Times, Volume X / No.4 2002
- Sanjeev Sabhlok, Victory of India Party and the IndiaPolicy effort since April 1998
- Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta), Political Parties and Indian Democracy. Delivered as the Narla Memorial Endowment Lecture on December 1, 1998
[edit] See also
- History of India
- Politics of India
- List of political parties in India
- List of liberal organisations in India
