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The principle of righteous way of governance which is known as "polity" in modern era is not a new way of governance in our nation. The practice of ancient Indian political system was mainly administered by king as Righteousness (Dharma - which includes Raja Dharma as well as Praja Dharma)with Rama as a model king depicted by sage Valmiki in Ramayana. In this regard, Rama's reign as a kingentails his Dharmic role as the son of a king, as a disciple of Sage Vishwamitra in his formative years, as an obedient son who follows his father's orders(although it might not have looked completely righteous from the public point of view) and departs for forest life along with his younger brother Lakshmana and his wife Sita, as a loving and responsible elder brother who gives advice to Bharatha, as a citizen who follows Dharma in his interactions with people that he comes across in his forest life, as a husband who frees his wife from the clutches of the demon Raavana by defeating and killing him in war, as a crown-prince who returns to his capital after fulfilling his father's orders and as an ideal king who rules his kingdom for several years following RajaDharma. These are good governance practices applicable even in our modern times.