Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: AdvancedRecommended for ★ UPSC
ગ્રામ સ્વ-રાજ
/gram swa-raj/Roman
English meaning: Village Self-Rule
Definition
Mahatma Gandhi's vision of decentralised governance where each village would be self-sufficient and self-governed, akin to the Gram Swaraj concept. Gandhi believed true freedom meant grassroots empowerment of rural communities.
Example
“ગ્રામ સ્વ-રાજ ગાંધીજીના ગ્રામ્ય સ્વ-ગવર્નન્સ ના સ્વપ્નનું ફળ છે.”
In English: “Gram Swa-Raj is the fruit of Gandhiji's dream of rural self-governance.”
Literary Heritage
“સ્વરાજ ઉપરથી નહિ, નીચેથી ઊભું થાય.”
/Svarāja uparathaṃ nahi, nīcheṭhaṃ ūbhūṃ thāya./
“Self-rule rises not from above but from below.”
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- ગુજરાતી
- Gujarati
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- Gujarati
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- Indo-Aryan
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