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Regional Aspirations
(i) Article 370 in our Constitution provides special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(ii) It gives greater autonomy to the State than the other States in India.
(iii) The State has its own Constitution.
(iv) All provisions of the Indian Constitution are not applicable to the State.
(v) Laws passed by the Parliament apply to J & K only if the State agrees.
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One of Hazarika’s songs ....... dwells on the unity theme; the seven states of north-eastern India become seven sisters born of the same mother .... ‘Meghalaya went own way ...... Arunachal too separated and Mizoram appeared in Assam’s gateway as a groom to marry another daughter,’ ......... The song ends with a determination to keep the unity of the Assamese with other smaller nationalities that are left in the present-day Assam– ‘the Karbis and the Missing brothers and sisters are our dear ones.’ —Sanjib Baruah
(a) Which unity is the poet talking about ?
(b) Why were the States of North-East created separately out of the erstwhile State of Assam ?
(c) Do you think that the same theme of unity could apply to all the regions of India ? Why ?
“Before 1947, Jammu and Kashmir was a Muslim State. Its Sikh ruler, Hari Singh, wanted to merge with Pakistan.”
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