Deep divisions persists in India even after more than 60 years of Independence. Explain.
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Explanation:
The immediate problems that India faced and is still coonfronted with post-independence are political corruption , unmanagable population inequitable distrbution of wealth with communalsm and casteism
After its independence in August 1947, India faced huge challenges. Some of the major challenges are as follows:
After partition, 8 million refugees had come from Pakistan. Rehabilitation of these refugees was a big challenge.
There were about 500 hundred princely states; which needed to be assimilated into the country.
The huge population of India was divided along caste and communal lines. The country had always been a diverse one with numerous cultures.
The economy was totally dependent on agriculture; which was dependent on the monsoon. A large number of factory workers were poor and were living in slums. The nation was in abject poverty