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CPC, a new INC and RSS, were all born within five years of each other

Efficiency and equity in a political system cannot be simultaneously achieved in the short run, writes TCA Srinivasa Raghavan.

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T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan
The five years from 1920 to 1925 were extraordinary for the people of India and China who, together, number nearly 3 billion now. World population is just over 7 billion. 

The currently mighty Communist Party of China (CPC) was born on this day, July 1, 100 years ago.

On 4 September 1920, Gandhi ji announced the non-cooperation movement and a brand new Indian National Congress (INC) was born.  

And, on 27 September 1925, exactly five years later, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was formed, not as a political organisation but as purely a Hindu cultural renaissance body. The collateral objective
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