"Army and Nation: How India’s Founders Made its Army Safe for Democracy" a talk by Prof. Steven I. Wilkinson at Conference Room - I, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 19th March 2015

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Venue : Conference Room - I, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : "Army and Nation: How India’s Founders Made its Army Safe for Democracy" a talk by Prof. Steven I. Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies, Chair, Department of Political Science, Yale University and author of the forthcoming book Army and Nation – The Military and Indian Democracy  Since Independence (Permanent Black, 2015)

As part of 'Frontiers of History' Series. 

At Indian Independence in 1947, the country’s founders worried that the army India inherited – conservative and dominated by officers and troops drawn disproportionately from a few “martial” groups posed a threat to democracy. 

Steven Wilkinson draws on uniquely comprehensive data to explore how and why India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed.

Chair: Dr. Srinath Raghavan

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