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Universal suffrage consists of the right to vote without restriction due to sex, race, social status,
education level, or wealth. It typically does not extend the right to vote to all residents of a region;
distinctions are frequently made in regard to citizenship, age, and occasionally mental capacity or
criminal convictions.
IN MANY COUNTRIES ,WOMEN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE . , WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE WORLD PROTESTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS ..
. PEACE FUL MANNER – LIKE SLOGANS , RALLIES, THESE WOMEN WHO ADOPTED THESE MEASURE
ARE CALLED SUFFRAGIST
WOMEN WHO ADOPTED VIOLENT METHOD TO PERSUE GOVERNMENT LIKE THOWING STONES,
FIGHTING , BREAKING GOVERNMENT OFFICES , THINGS ARE CALLED SUFFRAGETTE.
IN INDIA , VOTING IS DONE THRIOUGH UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE ..ALL CITIZENS OF INDIA WHO
ATTAIN THE AGE 0F 18 ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE WHEN ANY ELECTIONS ARE HELD IN INDIA GENERAL
ELECTIONS AND STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.