Interrogating Reorganisation of States
Title | Interrogating Reorganisation of States PDF eBook |
Author | Asha Sarangi |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2020-11-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000084078 |
The volume analyses the complex historical and political context for the processes of state formation in independent India. It provides both a conceptual and empirical framework for an understanding of Indian democracy through the perspective of reorganisation of states. Following the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1956, the territorial boundaries of the states were redrawn. However, within a decade, the geo-linguistic and cultural-ideological criteria could not be considered satisfactory for the future division of states. With the formation of three new states (Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand) and the demand for Telangana statehood not accepted as yet, new dimensions and perspectives about state formation as a critical political practice have surfaced yet again in contemporary India. The book addresses a number of significant themes related to states reorganisation and its effects — questions of underdevelopment, size, political participation, governance, cultural identities — and also analyses the demand for smaller states. It focuses on different states, their historical and contemporary trajectory leading to the demand for territorial remapping and thus recognising specific political and cultural resources, and identities in the regions and sub-regions of states in India. The book will be useful for those studying politics, history, sociology, comparative politics and South Asian Studies.
Reorganisation of States in India
Title | Reorganisation of States in India PDF eBook |
Author | India. States Reorganisation Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | India |
ISBN | 9788123771953 |
Remapping India
Title | Remapping India PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Tillin |
Publisher | Hurst Publishers |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2013-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1849042292 |
There is a widespread consensus today that the constitutional flexibility to alter state boundaries has bolstered the stability of India’s democracy. Yet debates persist about whether the creation of more states is desirable. Political parties, regional movements and local activists continue to demand new states in different parts of the country as part of their attempts to reshape political and economic arenas. Remapping India looks at the most recent episode of state creation in 2000, when the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand came into being in some of the poorest, yet resource-rich, regions of Hindi-speaking north and central India. Their creation represented a new turn in the history of the country’s territorial organisation. This book explains the politics that lay behind this episode of ‘post-linguistic’ state reorganisation and what it means for the future design of India’s federal system.
Reorganization of North-East India Since 1947
Title | Reorganization of North-East India Since 1947 PDF eBook |
Author | B. Datta-Ray |
Publisher | Concept Publishing Company |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | India, Northeastern |
ISBN | 9788170225775 |
Contributed papers presented at the Seminar on Reorganization of North-East India since 1947 held in Feb. 1993.
Thoughts on Linguistic States
Title | Thoughts on Linguistic States PDF eBook |
Author | Ambedkar |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2019-07-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781078141550 |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards the untouchables, while also supporting the rights of women and labour.
Reorganization of Indian States
Title | Reorganization of Indian States PDF eBook |
Author | Krishna Prasanna Mukerji |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Bombay (India : State) |
ISBN |
Changes in Areas of States of Union of India Under States Reorganisation Act, No. 37 of 1956
Title | Changes in Areas of States of Union of India Under States Reorganisation Act, No. 37 of 1956 PDF eBook |
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Pages | |
Release | 1956* |
Genre | State governments |
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