National Integration in India

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Dr. Akbar Badsha -  Abstract: National integration is a kind of psychological and educational process which involves the development of a feeling of unity, solidarity and cohesion in the hearts of people, a sense of common citizenship and feeling of loyalty to a nation. The concept of integration covers a vast range of human relationship and attitudes. India is a multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious country in which the sense of unity among the citizens is an utmost necessity. Various evil factors play their role leading to the annihilation of integrity among the people of the Indian society. These should be eradicated and tasks in retaining the strength of unity should be encouraged time and again. Click here to print/download PDF of this research paper Key words: National, integration, unity, evil, casteism. Introduction National integration is the awareness of identify amongst the citizens of a country. It means that though we belong to different castes, religions 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. The concept of national integration is quite wide and there are many ways of defining it. According to Myron Weiner, “The concept of integration covers a vast range of human relationship and attitudes. The integration of diverse and discreet cultural identities and the development of sense of nationality, the integration of political u...