The formation of linguistic states strengthened the cause of Indian Unity

Formation of linguistic states led to many benefits including strengthening the cause of Indian unity– 

• Led to nurturing and promotion of the regional languages and culture, strengthening the country overall. 

• Led to better interaction among people of the states with their democratically elected governments without going through hassles of getting translations of sort. It didn’t, mind, stop those who wanted to, to learn other languages and go to other states. 

• Led to consolidation of the federal structure. People realized that it was easy and peaceful to be Hindi-speaking and Indian, Tamilspeaking and Indian, Gujarati-speaking and Indian etc. 

• Led to growth of English as a medium of inter-state and state-Centre communication, which would have been difficult had the states not been more or less linguistically homogenous. Absence of a united opposition (which is possible for groups of linguistic states) might have led to more pronounced superiority complex of the major language. 

• Led to better penetration of power to grassroots level and local governments and better consolidation of democracy. A linguistically heterogeneous state would have difficulty getting together the democratic units and getting messages across to its people. 

• There might have been discriminations when people from other places visit a particular state, or led to significant minorities in a state demanding recognition for their language (Bengali in Assam, Konkani in Maharashtra).

• Federalism with a strong Centre is India’s model. That the federalism is based on language, is probably in India’s favour. Had it not been so, states might have fought over regions to incorporate. Instead, linguistic division gives a mathematical objective basis for division.

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