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The reorganization resulted in rationalizing the political map of India without seriously weakening its unity. If anything, its result has been functional, in as much as it removed what had been a major source of discord, and created homogeneous political units which could be administered through a medium that the vast majority of the population understood. Indeed it can be said with the benefit of hindsight that language, rather than being a force for division, has proved a cementing and integrating influence. Examine.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Consolidation as a Nation

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 redrew India's internal map on linguistic lines after a decade of hesitation and agitation, and the question asks whether, in hindsight, this gamble paid off as a unifying rather than a divisive force.

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  • The Discord That Reorganization Removed
  • The Logic of the 1956 Settlement
  • Functional Dividends: Governance in a Medium People Understood
  • The Empirical Verdict Against the Balkanization Thesis
  • Residual Frictions That Qualify but Do Not Reverse the Thesis

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