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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Regionalism (II) | Focus – Mains

Economic inequality among different states and regions could be a potential source of trouble. However, this problem has not so far given rise to regionalism or feeling of a region being discriminated against.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Regionalism (I) | Focus – Mains

Regionalism could have flourished in India if any region or state had felt that it was being culturally dominated or discriminated against. But, in fact, the Indian nation has proved to be quite successful in accommodating and even celebrating India’s cultural diversity.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (IV) | Focus – Mains

Immediately after independence, the Government of India followed a policy of integrating the Naga areas with the state of Assam and India as a whole.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (III) | Focus – Mains

Nehru’s policies were implemented best of all in the North-East Frontier Agency or NEFA, which was created in 1948 out of the border areas of Assam. NEFA was established as a Union Territory outside the jurisdiction of Assam and placed under a special administration.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (II) | Focus – Mains

In spite of the constitutional safeguards and the efforts of the central and state governments, the tribals’ progress and welfare has been very slow, and even dismal.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (I) | Focus – Mains

The task of integrating the tribal people into the mainstream was extremely complex, given the varied conditions under which they live in different parts of the country , and their different languages and distinct cultures.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Reorganization of States (II) | Focus – Mains

One of the most important concerns in the early years was that demands for separate states would endanger the unity of the country. It was felt that linguistic states may foster separatism and create pressures on the newly founded nation.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Reorganization of States (I) | Focus – Mains

The process of nation-building did not come to an end with Partition and integration of Princely States. Now the challenge was to draw the internal boundaries of the Indian states.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – The Language Problem (4) | Focus – Mains

The language problem was the most divisive issue in the first twenty years of independent India, and it created the apprehension among many that the political and cultural unity of the country was in danger.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Relations with Pakistan | Focus – Mains

Despite the Kashmir issue, the Government of India adopted towards Pakistan a policy of fair dealing and of promoting conciliation and reducing mutual tensions.

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