REVISITING 1956 (PB)

While Much Has Been Written On Ambedkar Views On Caste And Identity, Buddhism, And The LowerCaste Movements Led By Him, His Views On The Issue Of States Br>Reorganisation Have Not Attracted Serious Scholarship. This Book Addresses This Lacuna By Revisiting The Mid1950S When The First Round Of States Br>Reorganisation Took Place And The Principles On Which This Was Undertaken. Ambedkar Feared That Fostering Cultural Identities Would Result In Separate Nationalities. In 1956, When The States Br>Reorganisation Commission Submitted Its Report, He Identified Its Flaws, And Famously Laid Down His One State, One Language Principle. Unfortunately, The Speeches, Tracts And Articles That Ambedkar Produced On These Lines Were Soon Forgotten. In Contemporary India, As New States Are Being Formed, Ambedkar Works Find Renewed Relevance. Revisiting 1956 Presents These Works By Ambedkar That Reveal His Remarkable And Consistent Vision On State Formation That Administrators Can Learn From Today. In Presenting His Criteria For Br>Reorganisation Of StatesViability, Size, Economic Feasibility, Equality, Federal Balance, And The Divisive Issue Of Language Has Already Addressed Concerns That We Now Have Today. This Book Will Be Invaluable For Students And Scholars Of Political Science, Demography, Public Administration And Indian History..