People living in a country are called Nation. Breaking the barriers of caste ,religion and living together without any differences is called Nation Integration. This idea is not new to India. Inspite of
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amazing diversity she has maintained unity and her people remain one.
Our India is a big country with millions of people. This is a land of great diversity. India attracts people from many countries. People of different races ,civilizations and faiths came here and became a part of Nation. They have been living in a harmony. This is a characteristic feature of our culture. The seeds of National Integration lies in this.
During British rule there was a threat to this idea of integration. Then rulers adopted a divide and rule policy. Muslims and Hindus began to destruct each other. Even at the time of independence there were about 560 independent states. The credit for integrating these states with Indian union goes to Sardar Patel. Without his efforts India has been fragmented. He is the architect of India's Political Unity.
In spite of political unity there are divisive forces at work. These are the forces that work in the name of caste, creed and religion. From time to time they create lawlessness and large scale violence. Some foreign elements add fuel to fire. They want to weaken India. The nation should defeat all their efforts.
Caste and religion are the two major factors that pose a threat to integration. Great leaders like Mahatma preached peaceful and co-existence and tolerance. But the present day Indian society shows that their dreams have not been fulfilled. We should all close up our hands and strive to eradicate the ugly practices like unapproachability and religious intolerance. Then only we can say proudly by hitting the rostrum and say “We got Independence”.All sections of society should be made that all Indians are one.
Since the independence many efforts have been made to impress the idea of National Integration upon the minds of people .Young students are taught the need of communal Harmony. Ideas of disintegration should be cursed. Only when we rise above these narrow minded ideas we can make nation great. National Integration is need of the hour. We should preserve it all the costs.
