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"There is a widespread consensus today that the constitutional flexibility to alter boundaries has bolstered the stability of India's democracy, and reduced the potential for conflicts around language. Debates continue about the potential to create more states in response to the demands of marginalised ethnic communities, disgruntled farmers, opportunistic politicians, regional industrialists and others who seek--in different ways--to reshape political and economic arenas. Remapping India looks at the most recent episode of state creation in 2000, when the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand came into being in some of the poorest, yet resource-rich, regions of Hindi-speaking north and central India. Their creation represented a new turn in the history of territorial organisation in India. This book explains the politics that lay behind this episode of post-linguistic state reorganisation, and what it means for the future design of India's federal system"-- Provided by publisher.

"A thorough analysis of the emergence of new states in India and what it heralds for the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction : the compromise politics of statehood

Territorial design and federal thought in India

Social movements, political parties and statehood : Jharkhand and Uttarakhand

Statehood without a movement : Chhattisgarh

The view from the state capitals

Federal politics and the creation of new states in 2000

After 2000 : rurther reorganisation?

Conclusion.

State governments > India.

Representative government and representation > India.

India > Administrative and political divisions.

Chhattīsgarh (India) > Politics and government.

Jharkhand (India) > Politics and government.

Uttarakhand (India) > Politics and government.