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भारतीय राजनीति में सांप्रदायिकता को बढ़ावा देने में ऐतिहासिक और सामाजिक-राजनीतिक कारकों की भूमिका का परीक्षण कीजिए। (उत्तर 150 शब्दों में दीजिए) / Examine the role of historical and socio-political factors in driving communalism in Indian politics. (Answer in 150 words)

Introduction

Incidents of hate speeches, election of people accused of communal riots in parliament show that communalism in politics is pervasive

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Historical factors -> (gives scars)

1British policy of divide and rule -> create disunity in groups

2Appeasement -> led to backlash (eg. Shah Bano -> Overturned by Act -> opening gates of harm Hardik)

3Violence scars in partitions

4Communal riots (eg. Best of blue star 2 India Gandhi assassination)

Socio Political factors: triggers

5Deprivation -> political -> low representation

-> Economic -> (Sachai committee)

-> Social deprivation -> (eg. Micro aggression 22)

Issues related to borders also

1Radcliffe drew India-Pakistan boundary arbitrarily → never visited India

2Burma part of India till 1935 → border drawing not scientific

3Borders drawn not for convenience - but for colonial greed, strategy (IOP Durand line - Pashtanic invasion issue)

True Nature of Territorial Disputes: Mix of all (geopolitics, history)

1Idea of cultural alienation in Northeast exacerbated by NSCN (via Naga Movement)

2Sri Lanka → mix of Tamil identity, geopolitics → fisheries consumption

3Similar lines, even domestic territories and state borders are based on similar issue.

The birth of all disputes lie in failed policies of rulers who deliberate borders without thought (a square border in Africa by European colonists)

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Akansh Dhull

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Topic

Indian Polity

Communalism in Indian Politics

Historical and socio-political factors driving communalism

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analytical and structured with categorization of factors

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