You have been reading about big colonial cities. Choose any small town with a long history. It could be a temple town, market town, administrative centre, a pilgrimage centre or a combination of these. Find out how the town was established, when it developed, and how its history changed during modern times.

Self study.

Hint : Different types of services in towns and villages : (i) We are having local self government in our villages. It is called from Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat and Nyaya Panchayat. Gram Sabha is constituted by all adult inhabitants of our village. Their age is 18 years or more than 18 years. After every five years they constitute members for Village Panchayat. There is a Surpanch and five Punch; out of five two are women and one is representative of scheduled castes. These all members assemble in Gram Panchayat Bhawan at least once in a month.

(ii) Our Gram Panchayats look after their local problems such as cleanliness, sanitation and disposal of dirt, wastage and rubbish of the village. Panchayat is making provision for supply of clean drinking water. It maintaining a small dam outside the village. The rain water is harvested in dam. Drains, lanes and roads have been constructed for disposal of dirty water and severage wastage in huge pitches which have been constructed in our villages.

(iii) People are very particular about maping of our village or town. They get passed maps and design from Panchayat (Municipalities of the town).

(iv) Our Village Panchayat had made provision for mobile hospital which come twice, weekly from our Panchayat Samiti (or development blocks). Some private doctors are practising in our village. There is very small health centre for women and children, even senior citizens are also examine by the dispensery and doctors.

(v) From time to time our District Collector go village to listen the problems related with schools, health centres, markets and agriculture etc.

(vi) Our Nyaya Panchayat sits from time to time. Our Surpunch along with some heads of different communities sit together and discuss problems related with villagers. Our caste panchayats are also very active in the villages.