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What was the task of the States Reorganisation Commission? What was its most salient recommendation?



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The States Reorganisation Commission was set up in 1953 by the government to look into the matter of redrawing of boundaries of states.

  1. The Commission evolved that state boundaries should reflect the boundaries of different languages to accommodate linguistic diversity.
  2. The States Reorganisation Act was passed in 1956 which resulted in the creation of 14 states and 6 union territories.
  3. Its most salient recommendation was the formation of linguistic states i.e. to reorganise states on the basis of accommodation of their languages to prepare a uniform base for the nation.
  4. The accommodation of regional demands and the formation of linguistic states were also seen as more democratic.
  5. Linguistic reorganisation also gave some uniform basis to the drawing of state boundaries. It did not lead to the disintegration of the country as many had feared earlier. On the contrary, it strengthened national unity.

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