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Do you think that there has been a gradual shift in the basis on which the demands for the creation of new States have been raised in different regions of India? Explain.

  • UPSC 2021
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  • Federalism

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Yes — but it is a shift in the stated basis more than in the underlying politics. Louise Tillin (Remapping India, 2013) traces three waves of state formation, each justified by a different logic, while showing that party competition has shaped every one of them.

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