Volume : 2, Issue : 8, AUG 2016

DEMAND FOR NEW STATES ON LINGUISTIC BASIS IN INDIAN UNION: A STUDY OF PUNJAB

Dr. Bhupinder Singh

Abstract

This paper is a modest attempt to analyse the genesis and growth of the demand of Punjabi-Suba (Punjabi speaking province), which came into existence in 1966 on linguistic basis. It also analyzes its impact on socio-political structure of the state. Both primary and secondary sources have been used in this paper. It has been divided into five parts. The first part deals with historical perspective, the second relates with Sikh movement for Gurudwaras Reform during the colonial period and its impact on freedom movement, the third with the Sikhs struggle led by Akali Dal for the separate state as Punjabi-Suba in post-independence period, the fourth with the impact of reorganization on the socio-political structure of the state and last with the conclusions.

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