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Write short note : National Unity.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Politics and Society in India

National unity is not cultural uniformity but a shared willingness to live under common political arrangements. Ernest Renan ("What is a Nation?", 1882) called a nation's existence a daily plebiscite — a remembered past plus present consent. On that reading, unity in India is an achievement continuously remade rather than an inheritance.

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  • The bases of national unity
  • The threats
  • Instruments of integration
  • Conclusion

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