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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 184 of 200

Q184
Indian PolityPanchayati Raj & Local Government
Who advocated "Panchayati Raj" system for India?
  1. a.J. L. Nehru
  2. b.M. K. Gandhi
  3. c.V. K. R. V. Rao
  4. d.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: (B) M. K. Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi championed village self-government ('gram swaraj') with Panchayats as the basis of Indian democracy, and his ideas shaped Article 40 of the Directive Principles. Nehru inaugurated Panchayati Raj in Nagaur in 1959 and V. K. R. V. Rao worked on rural development, but the advocacy is credited to Gandhi.

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