“Bharat: The Mother of Democracy” Portal

Contact Counsellor

Last Updated11/09/2023

On the eve of the G20 leadership summit, the Ministry of Culture launched a portal of the mega exhibition—‘Bharat: The Mother of Democracy’.

The portal showcases the content on the history of democracy in India.
It showcases 7,000 years of democratic ethos starting from the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation to 2019.
It is available in 16 languages, including German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, and Russian besides English and Hindi.
The portal is divided into five sections and 22 sub-sections starting from:
- Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation (6000-2000 BCE)
- Mahajanapada and Gantantra (7-8 BCE)
- Vijaynagar Empire (14-16 century)
- Mughal emperor Akbar reign (1556-1605)
- Constitution of India (1947)
- Elections in Modern India (1952 onwards).
The website-- www.motherofdemocracyg20.com-- is curated by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) was established in 1987.
It is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture, as a centre for research, academic pursuit and dissemination in the field of the arts.
The IGNCA has a trust (i.e. Board of Trustees), which meets regularly to give general direction about the Centre’s work.
The Executive Committee, drawn from among the Trustees, functions under a Chairman.