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Write short notes with a sociological perspective on the following in about 150 words: Modernisation of Indian traditions.

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  • Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society

Yogendra Singh's Modernization of Indian Tradition (1973) turned a settled assumption on its head. Modernisation theory expected tradition to retreat as modernity advanced; Singh found that in India tradition neither retreated nor resisted, but absorbed modern functions and survived by discharging them.

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