Manuscript Number : SISRRJ181212

Politics of Regionalism in India

Authors(1) :-Rupesh Kumar

Regionalism in politics is like a political ideology in which people of a particular region shows political loyalty for a particular region in preference to other neighbouring regions or other parts of a country. Regionalism in India started in pre-independence period, even after more than seventy years of independence regionalism is persistent in India. In country like India where there are rich diversities of cultures, religions, different regional identities, regionalism becomes a natural phenomena up to a certain extent in all these conditions. Regionalism has showed its both positive and negative impact in India. Many times, political parties try to exploit the regional sentiment of people of particular region to bring unrest in the name of demand for a separate state to increase their political base. Indian government has successfully tackled the challenges of regionalism in India. This paper tries to analyse the why regionalism persists in India, how politics is played in the name of regionalism ,impacts of regionalism in India and tries to suggest some measures to tackle regionalism in India.

Authors and Affiliations

Rupesh Kumar
M.A. Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Autonomy, Secessionist, Economic Disparities, Development, Violence.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 1 | Issue 2 | July-August 2018
Date of Publication : 2018-08-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 87-91
Manuscript Number : SISRRJ181212
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Rupesh Kumar, "Politics of Regionalism in India ", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.87-91, July-August.2018
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SISRRJ181212

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