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POLITICS OF IDENTITY AND REDRAWING THE STATE BOUNDARIES IN INDIA AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).02      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).02      Published : Sep 2019

Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective

Abstract

    This article will examine the idea of new states/provinces in India. How India created 16 new states on ethno-lingual, and other lines and accommodate the ethnic groups. The case study of India is focussing on the different factors; including constitutional setup and role of different political parties of India in making of the new state. The following three basic questions investigate the paper’s perspective. First; what has been the basis of demands for the creation of new states in India? Second; what are the main hurdles in the reorganization of state and what urged the redemarcation of states in India? Third; what has been the stance of political Parties about the creation of new states in Indian state?

    (1) Muhammad Shoaib Malik
    Assistant Professor,Department of Pakistan Studies, NationalUniversity of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Azhar Mahmood Abbasi
    Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies,National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Saima Gul
    Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Malik, M. S., Abbasi, A. M., & Gul, S. (2019). Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(III), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).02

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Malik, Muhammad Shoaib, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Saima Gul. 2019. "Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (III): 10-16 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).02

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MALIK, M. S., ABBASI, A. M. & GUL, S. 2019. Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 10-16.

MHRA

    MHRA : Malik, Muhammad Shoaib, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Saima Gul. 2019. "Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 10-16

MLA

    MLA : Malik, Muhammad Shoaib, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Saima Gul. "Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.III (2019): 10-16 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Malik, Muhammad Shoaib, Abbasi, Azhar Mahmood, and Gul, Saima (2019), "Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (III), 10-16

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Malik, Muhammad Shoaib, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Saima Gul. "Politics of Identity and Redrawing the State Boundaries in India: An Historical Perspective." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. III (2019): 10-16. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).02