{"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":"2026-08-12T21:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:54","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Partition + communal violence + 540 princely states <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fears of secession \/ Balkanization <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> holding the country together = framers\u2019 first concern<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> a subcontinent fractured by Partition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Constitution designed above all to hold a diverse polity together <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unity as the organising anxiety of the makers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>centralising design: Art 1 (Union of States, not a compact) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Arts 2\u20133 (Parliament creates\/alters states) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> strong Union List + single citizenship + integrated judiciary + emergency 352\/365 (Centre armed against fragmentation) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but unity <i>through accommodation, not force<\/i>: cultural rights 29\u201330, Fifth\/Sixth Schedules, Art 371, linguistic reorganization <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Manor<\/b>: internal heterogeneity strengthens unity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> holding-together federation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>unity not the sole aim <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Austin<\/b>: Constitution first and foremost a <i>social document<\/i>, equally devoted to justice and fraternity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> on balance, threat of disintegration kept unity foremost <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> secured through accommodation, not coercion<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> claim holds, with one qualification <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unity uppermost as the immediate priority, but pursued as plural, holding-together unity, not coercive uniformity<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4701,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1107\/revisions\/4701"}],"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}]}}