The volume analyses the complex historical and political context
for the processes of state formation in independent India. It
provides both a conceptual and empirical framework for an
understanding of Indian democracy through the perspective of
reorganisation of states.
Following the recommendations of the States Reorganisation
Commission (SRC) in 1956, the territorial boundaries of the states
were redrawn. However, within a decade, the geo-linguistic and
cultural-ideological criteria could not be considered satisfactory
for the future division of states. With the formation of three new
states (Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand) and the demand for
Telangana statehood not accepted as yet, new dimensions and
perspectives about state formation as a critical political practice
have surfaced yet again in contemporary India.
The book addresses a number of significant themes related to
states reorganisation and its effects questions of
underdevelopment, size, political participation, governance,
cultural identities and also analyses the demand for smaller
states. It focuses on different states, their historical and
contemporary trajectory leading to the demand for territorial
remapping and thus recognising specific political and cultural
resources, and identities in the regions and sub-regions of states
in India.
The book will be useful for those studying politics, history,
sociology, comparative politics and South Asian Studies.
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