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After a concise description of the geographical setting of India the study suggests a classification of the country into its geographical regions on the basis of historical evolution, formation of regional cores, and expansion of regional cultures from the cores to the present day geographical regions with their broad correspondence with the present States of the Indian Union.
Each macro-geographical region is studied in the context of its meso and micro level sub-units. Man-Environment relationships are examined in detail and the socio-economic problems of each region highlighted.
Some inter-regional and national level problems are discussed in the concluding part of the book. The Indian Federal structure receives particular attention. The author argues that the reorganization of the States of the Indian Union was, in fact, on the historic-cultural basis, than linguistic. The so-called linguistic base gave rise to regional acrimonies and ‘border’ disputes, and the base did not prevent the formation of the States of Punjab and Haryana as separate States.
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