Do you think that there has been a gradual shift in the basis on which the demands for the creation of new States have been raised in different regions of India? Explain.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 no single basis → ground steadily shifted → Tillin’s four phases
Route 2 statehood demands not static → basis evolves region to region → frame the answer as a phased shift
Phase 1 (1950s–60s) language / SRA 1956 / Guha “master stroke” preventing balkanisation → Phase 2 (1970s–80s) ethnicity & tribal identity / North-East, Gorkhaland, Bodoland → Phase 3 (1990s) political economy / Kohli / liberalisation & resource control / Chhattisgarh → Phase 4 (this century) development, governance, neglect / Telangana, Vidarbha, Bundelkhand, Purvanchal / Yadav → marginalised assertion for power & development
shift not clean → Jaffrelot: political timing & ruling-party calculation decide actual creation → Mahendra Prasad Singh: smaller States ≠ automatic better governance
Route 1 basis moved from language/identity → development/viability
Route 2 shift is real but cumulative → older claims persist alongside the new
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Federalism — 11 questions in the Vault.
- The recent developments in Indian Politics has not eroded the true spirit of federalism in India. Critically examine this statement with the help of appropriate examples.
- Does the actual working of Indian federalism conform to the centralizing tendencies in Indian polity? Give reasons for your answer.
- Discuss the composition and functions of the Inter-State Council. To what extent has this body been successful in achieving its objectives?
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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