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What Does National Integration Mean-2
What Does National Integration Mean-2
What Does National Integration Mean-2
Integration mean?
National integration is the awareness of a common
identity amongst the citizens of a country. It means
that though we belong to different castes, religions
and regions and speak different languages we
recognize the fact that we are all one. This kind of
integration is very important in the building of a
strong and prosperous nation.
Importance of national
integration
There is a need to preserve the national integrity
of our country. The feeling of oneness among all
the citizens is important for the overall stability and
growth of our country. All right thinking people,
politicians, religious leaders should be gathered in
a common-place of discussion and solve their
problem.
Role of national movement
in national integration
India is a diverse nation in terms of culture,
language, religion, caste, people, cuisine and
everything. So, after independence, national
integration was one of the main tasks for political
leaders. The concept became further important, as
various states in India were formed in 1956 on the
basis of languages. Moreover, some of the states
like Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir even started
asking to become a separate country though these
were an integral part of India.
If we peep into the history of ancient India, then
religion played an important role in uniting the
people and the nation. Common devotion
created the feeling of affinity that helped in the
integration of the nation. Two main languages,
Sanskrit and Pali, had also played the same role.
But with the invasion of foreign rulers, more
religions and languages got added in the country
leading to much greater diversification than ever.
Feelings of jealousy, and religion-based separation
started raising its head and disturbed the countrys
unity. With the British rule came their divide and
rule policy. They created a difference between
Hindu and Muslims on the basis of religion and
that was the greatest setback to Indias national
integration. Along with this, just for the sake of
rule, differences between rich and poor, rural and
urban, upper and lower had also been created.
But, in spite of all this, people were one and we
got Independence because of our national unity.
Non-Cooperation
Movement
Non-cooperation movement, unsuccessful attempt in 192022, organized
by Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, to induce the British government
of India to grant self-government, or swaraj, to India. It was one of Gandhis
first organized acts of large-scale civil disobedience (Satyagraha).
Civil disobedience
movement
In March 1930, Gandhi wrote in the newspaper,
Young India, that he might suspend his civil
disobedience or law-breaking movement if the
government accepted his eleven-point demands.
But Lord Irwins government did not respond. So,
Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement.
It was started with Dandi March (also Salt march,
Salt Satyagraha) by Mahatma Gandhi on 12th
March, 1930. On 12 March, 1930 he along with his
78 followers began a march from the Sabarmati
Ashram to Dandi on the Gujarat coast. It was a
distance of 200 miles. At Dandi a few day s later
they violated the salt laws by making salt from
sea-water. Thus, began the civil disobedience
Movement.
Results
The Civil Disobedience Movement was not
successful. But it prepared the people of India for
great sacrifice. It was a good training for the
people. Unlike the Non-cooperation Movement,
the Civil Disobedience Movement increased the
popularity of the Congress.
Quit India movement
On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress
Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit
India' movement. The next day,
Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of
the Indian National Congress were arrested
by the British Government. Disorderly and
non-violent demonstrations took place
throughout the country in the following
days.
The Resolution, generally referred to as the
'Quit India' resolution, was to be approved
by the All India Congress Committee
meeting in Bombay in August.
Challenges to national
integration
Casteism
The discrimination on the basis of Caste and class
is a major hurdle for National Integration of India.
The people engaged in weakening the unity of the
country tried desperately to create divisions and
rifts in the name of castes, creed and culture. They
succeeded in creating mistrust among the Indians
and in tearing the faade of unity.
Linguism
India has multiple languages. Linguism is yet
another major problem for National Integration.
The Indian states have been divided on the basis
of linguistic basis. The bad people took advantage
of this. Even the people living in one province
began feeling alienated from those in other
provinces.
Communalism
In independent India, the forces of disintegration
were found engaged in disturbing communal
harmony, encouraging caste wars, nurturing
separatism and creating rifts between provinces.
Hindus and the Muslims, the Sikhs, the aborigines,
the Harijans, the Christians and all those
professing different religions, having different
creeds and status in the social hierarchy, were
made to drift away from one another by the people
who want to disturb communal harmony.
Regionalism
Regionalism is a major challenge to the National
Integration of our country. Disintegration is a
malady and it is the result of a great hiatus
between needs and resources, claims and
realities, profession and practice. And it is because
of this hiatus that when national unity is vital, the
regional separatism flourished all over India.
Social Inequality
The disparity in the socio-economic system, the
poverty and ignorance of the majority of Indians
and the social injustice meted out to different
social groups only help these forces flourish.
Poverty and Ignorance
The victims of poverty and ignorance are unable to
see what is good for them. They must first of all be
helped to see the design and the sordid game of
the people engaged in weakening the country. The
strength of the nation lies in the unity and the
integration.
Conclusion
When the people are educated enough to get over
the influences of impostors, when the economic
disparities between classes of people are
eliminated, the gulf separating the people would
be bridged automatically. The forces of discord
and disintegration thrive in economic deprivations
and social injustice, and in their absence they die
a natural death.
Secularism
Secularism in India means equal treatment of all
religions by the state.