Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ21472

The Nehruvian Perspective on Communalism

Authors(1) :-Dr. Shazia Akhtar

The proposed paper is an attempt to analyse the idea of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in the context of communalism. Soon after Independence, India faced a major problem like communal upset in the country. Pt. Nehru, who played an important role during the crisis and created confidence among the affected people. Nehru had realised that the key to peace in tolerance. He well understood that the man causes of conflict between on community. In this paper, we tried to discuss the much-discussed term of communalism and Pt. Nehru, from whom we learnt how to faced and tacked the problem.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Shazia Akhtar
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, K. K. (P.G.) College, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India

Independent, Scientific Temper

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 6 | November-December 2021
Date of Publication : 2021-11-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 97-99
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ21472
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Dr. Shazia Akhtar , "The Nehruvian Perspective on Communalism", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 4, Issue 6, pp.97-99, November-December.2021
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ21472

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