Democracy and Political Participation of women in India

Democracy is the most popular system of government in the contemporary world as it is based on thewill of the people. Among South Asian nations, democracy for the first time was introduced in India.Democracy as a system of government was applied here after independence. There are four main foundationsof democracy viz, liberty, equality, fraternity and justice wherein the most important foundation is 'equality'.The Indian constitution guarantees the equality of rights of men and women. It is evident that Indianconstitution from the very beginning made provisions for the rights of men and women together.