Subject(s): Mahatma Gandhi - 1869-1948. -- Decentralization in government in India. -- India in Politics and government, 1947- -- Democratic decentralization -- Gandhi on state and government -- Gandhi's view of democratic decentralization -- Sarvodaya approach to democratic decentralization -- Gramdan -- Gramdan gramswaraj -- Impact on legislation : Structural patterns, functional competence, financial resources -- Impact on the practice of democratic decentralization