We cannot say that the republican tradition is foreign to the genius of this country. We have had it from the beginning of our history. When a few merchants from the north went down to the south, one of the Princes of the Deccan asked the question. “Who is your King?” The answer was, “Some of us are governed by assemblies, some of us by kings.”
“Kecid deso ganadhina kecid rajadhina.”