Religion, State, and Politics in India

Akali Ambedkar areas Assembly elections Bombay Brahmans British Buddhist caste system Catholic cent centre century Christian church conflict Congress Party Constitution conversion cultural Dakshina Kannada Dalit Delhi demand district dominant economic electoral elite ethnic fact factional faith forces Gandhi groups Gurdwara Guru Harijans hierarchy Hindu Ekata Hinduism Ibid identity ideology India institutions interests Islam Janata Karnataka Kerala Khushwant Singh labour land large number leaders leadership Madras Maharashtra majority Maratha Marathwada mass Meenakshipuram ment minority missionaries mobilisation modern movement non-Muslim organisations Pakistan Parsis percentage political parties political power population Pradesh problem Prof Punjab Quran Rajasthan reform region relations religion and politics religious riots role rulers ruling rural Scheduled Castes schools secular SGPC Sharma Sikh Singh situation social society Solapur structure struggle Tamil Nadu tion tradition urban Urdu Uttar Pradesh various village violence vote women