The most urgent reason for prohibition is the good of these depressed classes. No other single measure of reform can help these people, and at once r… - C. Rajagopalachari

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The most urgent reason for prohibition is the good of these depressed classes. No other single measure of reform can help these people, and at once raise them economically and socially as total prohibition can. The rich and the educated may be indifferent about this reform. It is most necessary for saving the poor and the lowly.

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About C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last . He also served as leader of the , Premier of the Madras Presidency, , Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state.

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Native Name: சக்ரவர்த்தி இராசகோபாலாச்சாரி
Alternative Names: Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

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If India's government is to be an institution integrated with her people's lives, if it is to be a true democracy and not a superimposed western institution staged in Indian dress, religion must have an important and recognized place in it with impartiality and reverence for all the creeds and denominations prevailing in India.

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