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“The Reorganisation of the States on the basis of language was a major aspect of national consolidation and integration”. Comment.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Consolidation as a Nation

Alongside the integration of princely states and constitution-making, the linguistic reorganisation of states was one of the three pillars on which independent India built a durable political union.

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