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India After Independence

Question
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After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on liguistic times?

Solution

The division of the country was done  on the basis of religion. As a result of this division more than a million people had been killed in riots between Hindus and Muslims. In such circumstances, it was not wise to further divide the country on the basis of language. Nor the country would have afforded further division on the basis of language. 

Therefore, both Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Patel were against the creation of linguistic states.