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The House of the People, which is popularly known as Lok sabha, is the first
and lower House of the union parliament. As is clear from its name, it
represents the people of India. Its election is held directly by the people. This
is a powerful, democratic and complete representative House and in this
regard, its position is just like the British house of commons. Powers given to
lok sabha are just like those given to british house of commons. Lok sabha's
position is so strong that many scholars like to call it the real Parliament. But
this is not a right comment. Still, it explains the significance and strong
position that lok sabha holds in the Indian constitutional system. In 1950
when the constitution was implemented, the number of Lok sabha members
was fixed to 500. By the 7th amendment the number was increased to 520.
Again by the 14th amendment, the number of members was increased to
525. Out of these, 500 seats were for the people living in states and 25 seats
were distributed among the centrally governed states. According to the 31st
Amendment act, the maximum number of Lok sabha seats was fixed to 550
but these days, its number is 545. Out of these, 525 are elected from the
states and 20 from centrally governed states. According to article 331 of the
Indian constitution, if the President is convinced that the Anglo-Indian
community has not been given proper representation, he can nominate two
persons of this community to the Lok Sabha. The number of members of Lok
sabha has been fixed to 545 up to 2010. In Lok sabha also, seats for
scheduled caste and scheduled tribes have ben reserved in certain
proportion by the constitution. Any person of 18 years and above has the
right to vote for the Lok sabha elections. The Berlin Wall, which had been
built at the height of the Cold War and was its greatest symbol, was toppled
by the people in
1989. This dramatic event was followed by an equally dramatic and historic
chain of events that led to the collapse of the second world and the end of
the Cold War. Germany, divided after the Second World War, was unified.
One after another, the eight East European countries that were part of the
Soviet bloc replaced their communist governments in response to mass
demonstrations. The Soviet Union stood by as the Cold War began to end,
not by military means but as a result of mass actions by ordinary men and
women. Eventually the Soviet Union itself disintegrated. The causes and the
consequences of the disintegration of the second world