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Name of the Collection K. Santhanam collection
Folder/Categories II. Subject Files, 1846-1984
Sub-folder/Sub-category Economic Policies and Planning, 1959-1976
File No. /Acc. No. 28
Abstract Materials pertaining to socialism in India. Includes a copy of C. Rajagopalachari�s article �The Substance of Freedom� with handwritten notes (1960), newspaper articles from Hitavada, Swarajya Weekly, Hindu, Mail, Deccan Herald, and Industrial Times, and writings criticizing state capitalism in India, and the essay �Practical Socialism�. There are also newspaper clippings on property distribution, economic thinking and development, critiques of socialism, housing and unemployment, socialism and prosperity legal aid for the poor, socialism and social justice, ceilings on urban property, small scale industries, industrial labour disputes, and K. Santhanam�s critique of strikes and lockouts.
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Keywords Socialism; C. Rajagopalachari; The Substance of Freedom; state capitalism; Practical Socialism; Democratic Socialism; property distribution; Economic Thinking; development; housing; unemployment; prosperity; legal aid; social justice; urban property ceilings; small scale industries; industrial labour disputes; strikes; lockouts; Swarajya; Hindu; The Mail; Hitavada; Industrial Times; Deccan Herald
Start Date “Period From” 1960
End Date “Period To” 1976
Extent 91 pp.
Item type/Format Press Clippings, Printed, typed and handwritten
Language English
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Donor Ravi Santhanam
Donation Date 2025
Custodian Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India)
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