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What do you mean by nation-building? What is the role of religion in nation-building? Elaborate your answer.

  • UPSC 2025
  • Politics and Society in India

India in 1947 was a state in search of a nation: one sovereignty over many languages, faiths and princely units, with belonging yet to be made. The Constituent Assembly chose territorial over religious nationalism — citizenship by birth and residence, not faith — in the shadow of a Partition that had just demonstrated the alternative.

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  • What nation-building means, read from the Indian project
  • Religion as an integrative resource
  • Religion as a fault line
  • Conclusion

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