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The Indian National Congress did not like to fulfil old promise: Back in the 1920s, the Indian National Congress - the main party of the freedom struggle—had promised that once the country won independence, each major linguistic group would have its own province. However, after independence the Congress did not take any steps to honour this promise. For India had been divided on the basis of religion: despite the wishes and efforts of Mahatma Gandhi, freedom had come not to one nation but to two.
Due to communal riots and great human loss: As a result of the partition of India, more than a million people had been killed in riots between Hindus and Muslims. Could the country afford further divisions on the basis of language?
Two great leaders of that time did not favour: Both Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel were against the creation of liguistic states.
After the Partition, Nehru said, "disruptionist tendencies had come to the fore to check them, the nation had to be strong and united. Or, as Patel put it:
... the first and last need of India at the present moment is that it should be made a nation ... Everything which helps the growth of nationalism has to go forward and everything which throws obstacles in its way has to be rejected ... We have applied this test to linguistic provinces also, and by this test, in our opinion cannot be supported.
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