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Religious minorities are largely concentrated in border States of India. Discuss its causes and consequences.

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  • Cultural Setting

Western frontier — Jammu and Kashmir is Muslim-majority at about 68 per cent, Punjab India's only Sikh-majority state at close to 58 per cent, Ladakh Buddhist-majority.

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