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generally been aristocracy”.
iv) Democracy - The democracy means power of people. Therefore, Abraham Lincon has defined it as.
“Democracy is a government of the people, for the people and by the people".
All things of the state are in the possession of the people.
Attacking and capturing are very common features of nations. These are considered as the parts of political life of a state. These tendencies in political life have been coming from ancient time. The strong nation tries to capture the weak nation and to extend its own territory. Often a nation tries, do disturb the peaceful atmosphere of its neighbour.
Moreovers, after going through the formation of different governments and their characteristics the positions of violence and non-violence may be observed easily. The Negative form of Political Non-violence
To know the negative form of political non-violence it is necessary to know the violence happening in the ruling periods of different government. Monarchy
The monarchy may be classified as (i) Crude Monarchy and Mild Monarchy. The Crude Monarchy is a cruel monarchy while mild monarchy is a kind monarchy. The crude monarchy may be placed in the class of violence while the mild monarchy may be put in the class of non-violence. The kind monarchy presents the positive form of political non-violence so it will be discussed further. The Crude Monarchy
In the Tretāyuga of the Vedic tradition crude monarchy was established by Rāvana who used to take blood as tax from deities. The social and ethical rules were violated by him when he had
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