Why it was not a priority to divide Indian states on the basis of language?
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Well, I can provide my views:
a) One reason can be that there are nearly 270+ languages spoken in India. So it was not possible to divide into such vast divisions.
b) The constitution makers were too much diverse in their thoughts. So they did not think about the language.
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Against the wishes of Gandhi, after independence, India was already divided into India and Pakistan on the basis of religion, with all the Hindus in India and all the Muslims in Pakistan. In this process, millions of people were killed in the riots that happened, many were jobless, many were homeless, you get the idea. Now, if they again divided the Indian states on the basis of language, the same thing would repeat again. The prime minister at that time did not wish for this to happen. Hence, it was not a priority to divide Indian states on the basis of language.
Hope I helped!