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conomic or political should be distributed equally. Village Republic
The freedom should begin on the lower stage. So every village will be a republic. It will have full power. Every village will be self dependent. It will fulfil its all demands. It will manage for its all necessities so that it may be capable to protect itself from the whole world. In the village republic there will be no room for machine which centralises the power in hands of few people, by taking the working powers of labours in itself. The machine will be permissible as far as it will be helpful to everybody,13 Gandhiji has described the village republic in the following way.
"The ideal of my village freedom is this that every village will be a republic. To produce corn for food and cotton for cloth will be the first duty of a village.
There will be grass fields for animals and playgrounds for men. If there will be extra land, other beneficial except alcoholic things like tobacco, hemp plants, will be produced in that. The village will have its own drama hall, public hall, school and ponds for pure water. The Basic education will be compulsory up to the higher classes. So far as it will be possible, every work will be done on the basis of co-operation. The village society will practise the method of non-violence and non co-operation in stead of punishment. The village defence will be managed through villagers. The village will be ruled by a committee (Pañcāyata) of five members (Pañca). The Pañca will be elected every year on his prescribed qualification by all males and females of the village. The Pañchāyata will be the managing committee, executive committee and judiciary of the village. If my dream turns into reality the seven lac villages of India will have their strong democracy.14 Candhian Method
Gandhiji has introduced his own method to apply in different
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