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Alcohol prohibition in India

Index Alcohol prohibition in India

Alcohol prohibition in India is in force in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, and Nagaland as well as in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. [1]

57 relations: Aadhaar, Alcohol laws of India, Article 47 of the Constitution of India, BBC News, Bihar, Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016, Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) 2009, Bombay State, C. Rajagopalachari, Chief Ministership of Rajagopalachari, Coastal Andhra, Dimapur, Directive Principles, Election Commission of India, Gandhi Jayanti, Government of Bihar, Government of Kerala, Guava, Gujarat, Independence Day (India), Indian National Congress, Indian Union Muslim League, Indian-made foreign liquor, Jaggery, Kerala Congress, Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2016, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, Lakshadweep, Lakshadweep Prohibition Regulation, 1979, Left Democratic Front (Kerala), List of Chief Ministers of Bihar, List of Chief Ministers of Kerala, Madras State, Maharashtra, Methanol, N. Chandrababu Naidu, Nagaland, Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989, Nitish Kumar, Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, Okram Ibobi Singh, Oommen Chandy, Palm wine, Patna High Court, Press Trust of India, Rayalaseema, Republic Day (India), Rights, Rum-running, Stay of proceedings, ..., Sumptuary law, Supreme Court of India, T. S. Thakur, The Indian Express, Toddy shop, Union territory, V. M. Sudheeran. Expand index (7 more) »

Aadhaar

Aadhaar (English: Foundation) is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained by residents of India, based on their biometric and demographic data.

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Alcohol laws of India

The legal drinking age in India and the laws which regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol vary significantly from state to state.

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Article 47 of the Constitution of India

Article 47 of The Constitution of India is one of the Directive Principles which directs the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.

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Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016

Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016 is an Act of Bihar Legislative Assembly which prohibits manufacturing, bottling, distribution, transportation, accumulation, possession, purchase, sale or consumption of any type of liquor, intoxicating substance including bhang and medicines with alcoholic substance.

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Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) 2009

The Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2009 is an Act of Gujarat Legislative Assembly which prohibits manufacture, selling, buying or distributing of Laththa (spurious liquor).

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Bombay State

Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha) was merged with the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. On November 1, 1956, Bombay State was re-organized under the States Reorganisation Act on linguistic lines, absorbing various territories including the Saurashtra and Kutch States, which ceased to exist. On May 1, 1960, Bombay State was dissolved and split on linguistic lines into the two states of Gujarat, with Gujarati speaking population and Maharashtra, with Marathi speaking population.

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C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972) informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer and statesman.

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Chief Ministership of Rajagopalachari

C. Rajagopalachari (aka Rajaji) was a Chief Minister of erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India and Tamil Nadu of Independent India.

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Coastal Andhra

Coastal Andhra (Telugu: తీర ఆంధ్ర), is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Dimapur

Dimapur is the largest city in Nagaland, India.

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Directive Principles

The Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) are the guidelines or principles given to the federal institutes governing the state of India, to be kept in citation while framing laws and policies.

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Election Commission of India

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India.

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Gandhi Jayanti

Gandhi Jayanti is a national festival celebrated in India to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is also known as the "Father of the Nation".

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Government of Bihar

The Government of Bihar, known locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Bihar and its 9 divisions which consist of 38 districts.

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Government of Kerala

The Government of Kerala headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram is a democratically elected body that governs the Indian State of Kerala.

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Guava

Guavas (singular guava) are common tropical fruits cultivated and enjoyed in many tropical and subtropical regions.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Independence Day (India)

Independence Day is annually celebrated on 15 August, as a national holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947, the UK Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act 1947 transferring legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Indian Union Muslim League

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) (commonly referred to as the League) is a political party in India.

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Indian-made foreign liquor

Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) is the official term used by governments, businesses and media in India to refer to all types of hard liquor manufactured in the country other than indigenous alcoholic beverages such as fenny, toddy, arrack and others.

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Jaggery

Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in Asia, Africa and some countries in the Americas.

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Kerala Congress

The Kerala Congress is a regional political party in the state of Kerala, India.

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Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2016

The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (Kerala PCC or K.P.C.C) is the unit of the Indian National Congress—one of the world's largest political organization—working in the state of Kerala.

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Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep (Lakshadīb), formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Aminidivi Islands, is a group of islands in the Laccadive Sea, off the southwestern coast of India.

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Lakshadweep Prohibition Regulation, 1979

The Lakshadweep Prohibition Regulation, 1979 bans the import, export, transportation, possession and manufacture of liquor or any intoxicating drugs in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

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Left Democratic Front (Kerala)

Left Democratic Front (LDF) is a coalition of political parties in the state of Kerala, in India.

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List of Chief Ministers of Bihar

The Chief Minister of Bihar is the chief executive of the Indian state of Bihar.

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List of Chief Ministers of Kerala

The Chief Minister of Kerala is the chief executive of the Indian state of Kerala.

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Madras State

Madras State was a state in the Republic of India.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (abbr. MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

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Methanol

Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol among others, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated MeOH).

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N. Chandrababu Naidu

Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 20 April 1950) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2014.

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Nagaland

Nagaland is a state in Northeast India.

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Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989

The Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989 is an Act of Nagaland Legislative Assembly which prohibits possession, sale, consumption & manufacture of liquor and import and export of it in Nagaland.

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Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been the Chief Minister of Bihar, a state in eastern India, since 2017.

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Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin

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Okram Ibobi Singh

Okram Ibobi Singh (born 19 June 1948) is an Indian Politician who was the Chief Minister of Manipur from 2002 to 2017.

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Oommen Chandy

Oommen Chandy is an Indian statesman and senior leader of the Indian National Congress who was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016.

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Palm wine

Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms.

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Patna High Court

Patna High Court is the High Court of the state of Bihar.

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Press Trust of India

Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news agency in India.

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Rayalaseema

Rayalaseema is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the state namely, Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool. census of India, the region with four districts had a population of 15,184,908 and covers an area of.

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Republic Day (India)

Republic Day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India.

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Rights

Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.

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Rum-running

Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting (smuggling) alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law.

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Stay of proceedings

A stay of proceedings is a ruling by the court in civil and criminal procedure, halting further legal process in a trial or other legal proceeding.

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Sumptuary law

Sumptuary laws (from Latin sumptuāriae lēgēs) are laws that attempt to regulate consumption; Black's Law Dictionary defines them as "Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditures in the matter of apparel, food, furniture, etc." Historically, they were laws that were intended to regulate and reinforce social hierarchies and morals through restrictions, often depending upon a person's social rank, on their permitted clothing, food, and luxury expenditures.

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Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review.

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T. S. Thakur

Justice T. S. Thakur (born 4 January 1952) was the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI).

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper.

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Toddy shop

A toddy shop is a drinking establishment seen in some parts of India (particularly Kerala) where palm toddy, a mildly alcoholic beverage made from the sap of palm trees, is served along with food.

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Union territory

A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India.

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V. M. Sudheeran

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_prohibition_in_India

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