Communalism in India

Reasons-for Growth of Communalism

Communalism is a belief that all those who have a common religion, also have, as a result, common social, political, cultural and economic interests and identities. It is the notion that religion forms the base of the society and a basic unit of division in the society: that it is religion that determines all the other interests of man.

1. Socio-economic

• The British conquest brought about a change in the power structure which generally penetrated down to all the sections of the Indian society. To begin with, the British ....