{"id":1107,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/unity-and-integrity-of-india-was-perhaps-the-single-uppermost-upsc-psir-2019-1702\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:20","slug":"unity-and-integrity-of-india-was-perhaps-the-single-uppermost-upsc-psir-2019-1702","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/unity-and-integrity-of-india-was-perhaps-the-single-uppermost-upsc-psir-2019-1702\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity and integrity of India was perhaps the single uppermost factor in the minds of the Constitution makers. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Partition + communal violence + 540 princely states \u2192 fears of secession \/ Balkanization \u2192 holding the country together = framers\u2019 first concern R2 asubcontinent fractured by Partition \u2192 Constitution designed above all to hold a diverse polity together \u2192 unity as the organising anxiety of the makers centralising design: Art 1 (Union of States, not a compact) \u2192 Arts 2-3 (Parliament creates\/alters states) \u2192 strong Union List + single citizenship + integrated judiciary + emergency 352\/365 (Centre armed against fragmentation) \u2192 but unity through accommodation, not force: cultural rights 29-30, Fifth\/Sixth Schedules, Art 371, linguistic reorganization \u2192 Manor: internal<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">heterogeneity strengthens unity \u2192 holding-together federation unity not the sole aim \u2192 Austin: Constitution first and foremost a social document, equally devoted to justice and fraternity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Rr! on balance, threat of disintegration kept unity foremost \u2192 fs secured through accommodation, not coercion 2 claim holds, with one qualification \u2192 unity uppermost as the immediate priority, but pursued as plural, holding-together unity, not<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">coercive uniformity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[58],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1107","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-making-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1107\/revisions\/2523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}