http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).02
10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).02
Published : Sep 2019
Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective
This article will examine the idea of new states/provinces in India. How India created 16 new states on ethno-lingual, and other lines and accommodate the ethnic groups. The case study of India is focussing on the different factors; including constitutional setup and role of different political parties of India in making of the new state. The following three basic questions investigate the paper’s perspective. First; what has been the basis of demands for the creation of new states in India? Second; what are the main hurdles in the reorganization of state and what urged the redemarcation of states in India? Third; what has been the stance of political Parties about the creation of new states in Indian state?
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Re-demarcation, Subnationalism, Re-organization, Indian constitution, Ethnic, Identity Politics group, Indian states.
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(1) Muhammad Shoaib Malik
Assistant Professor,Department of Pakistan Studies, NationalUniversity of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Azhar Mahmood Abbasi
Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies,National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Saima Gul
Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan