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Discuss how far the politics of regionalism and communalism have affected nation building in India.

  • UPSC 1998
  • Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

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Nation building means turning a diverse population into a political community with a shared loyalty. Two forces have strained it. Regionalism mobilises territorial identities for power, resources or recognition. Communalism, in Bipan Chandra's definition, treats the worldly interests of believers as flowing from their religious identity. The federal order has absorbed regionalism. Communalism has done…

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  • Regionalism: strain absorbed
  • Communalism: damage at the core
  • Weighing the two
  • Conclusion
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