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The 1934 Praja Sabha: Jammu and Kashmir’s First Experiment in Electoral Politics
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The 1934 Praja Sabha: Jammu and Kashmir’s First Experiment in Electoral Politics

The establishment of the Praja Sabha in 1934 marked a constitutional turning point in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. For the first time, the Dogra state introduced an elected legislative body — limited in powers and tightly framed, yet significant as the earliest formal recognition that public opinion required an institutional channel. The Sabha...