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4 Armed Forces & Soc'y 3 (1977-1978)

handle is hein.journals/amdfcsad4 and id is 1 raw text is: Civil-Military Relations in India P. R. CHARI Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses C ivil-military relations in Indiaareseemingly based upon several paradoxes. India is a poor, overpopulated, developing country, yet it follows a democratic system of polity, and has achieved striking scientific and technological advances. At another level it is widely assumed that there is a nexus between such underdevelopment and military dictatorship, but India has a firm tradition of civil supremacy over the military. That this relationship is well-established is evident from the continu- ance of civilian control despite the many crises which have faced India since its independence. Born on August 15, 1947, India was plunged into a holocaust of communal riots following partition. Soon thereafter Kashmir was invaded and the Indian army met its first test in the face of severe logistical difficulties. And there were further crises. In 1962 India suffered a traumatic reverse at the hands of China in its border dispute. Not unexpectedly, failure sharpened the edge of mutual recriminations between the political leadership, the civilian bureaucracy, and the higher military apparatus. Yet at no time was the basic principle of civilian supremacy questioned or challenged. ARMED FORCES AND SOCIETY, Vol. 4 No. I, November 1977 © 1977 Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society

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