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Comparision of Indian and American Democracies

The document compares the democratic systems of India and the United States. India has a parliamentary democracy with a Prime Minister as head of government, while the US has a presidential democracy with the President as both head of state and head of government. Some key differences include that India has multiple national parties and elections every 5 years, while the US has two main parties and elections every 4 years. The executive branches are formed differently, with the Indian PM chosen from Parliament and the US President voted on directly.

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Comparision of Indian and American Democracies

The document compares the democratic systems of India and the United States. India has a parliamentary democracy with a Prime Minister as head of government, while the US has a presidential democracy with the President as both head of state and head of government. Some key differences include that India has multiple national parties and elections every 5 years, while the US has two main parties and elections every 4 years. The executive branches are formed differently, with the Indian PM chosen from Parliament and the US President voted on directly.

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COMPARISION OF INDIAN AND AMERICAN

DEMOCRACIES

Indian Democracy American Democracy

1) India’s system of government: American system of government:


Parliamentary Presidential
2) Prime minister is the nominal President is the head
head of the executive
3) Prime Minister is the head of the The executive is the head of state and
government the government.
4) The Prime Minister is chosen
among the members of the party The executive is voted directly and
that has secured the maximum independently.
number of seats in the parliament
by a national ballot.
5) Has a constitution for the whole Each state has its own written
country. constitution.
6) Multiple parties are there in India The United States has only two parties.
7) Prime Minister’s party has the The American Congress has the right to
majority of seats in the put a check on the president.
parliament.
8) Elections are held once in five Elections are held once in four years.
years
9) The union council of ministers Cabinet appointed by the president with
are appointed by the President on the approval of senate.
the approval of the Prime
Minister
10) The tenure of the speaker The tenure of the senator is four
in rajya sabha is five years. years.
COMPARISION OF INDIAN AND AMERICAN
DEMOCRACIES

DEMOCRACY: Is the government in which power and civic responsibility are


exercised by all the adult citizens, directly or indirectly through their freely elected
representatives. Democracy rests upon principles of majority rule and individual
rights. There are two types of democracy- Direct and Indirect.

HISTORY OF BOTH THE COUNTRIES:

INDIAN: India got its independence from British on 15th August,1947. The
Parliament is the supreme legislative body. The first session of the Parliament was
on April, 1952. The first Prime Minister was Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the first
president was Rajendra Prasad. The constitution of India came into force on
January 26th ,1950.

AMERICAN: The American Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas


Jefferson. On July 2nd , 1776 the congress voted to declare independence from
Britain. On July 4th, 1776, the congress accepted the declaration of independence,
making it an independence day. The American government is a democracy, where
the president has the absolute power. The first president of this nation is George
Washington.

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