States reorganization in India: a centrifugal or centripetal force for the future?

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The California Geographer 4: 35-47

Notes

To many Americans, all disturbances in India are caused by her complex of religions, the abyssmally low living standards of her people, or the communists-or some combination of the three. In view of the publicity given these causes of intra-national strife, such conclusions . are understandable- and almost inevitable. But another factor has been much more disruptive in the last decade. It led to creation of a new state in 1 953, an extensive reorganization of the states in November 1956, further reorganization in 1960 and may well be the cause of still further realignment of states' boundries and/ or creation of additional states. This factor was language-or rather languages. The nation's internal boundaries have been changed drastically in response to this pressure. Will the reorganization have centrifugal or centripetal effects? Either can result since factors favoring both are present. The outcome will depend upon the point of balance achieved. The purposes of this paper are to examine the background of the move and attempt to forecast the likely results.

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States reorganization in India: a centrifugal or centripetal force for the future?