Chhattisgarh was finally carved out of MP with bipartisan consensus between BJP and Congress, preceded by the endeavours of diverse local outfits

Colonial encroachment of rights and resources partly united the forest locals in the historic region but concrete demand for a separate state could...

Consent among leading parties capped the efforts of JMM and others to realise the formation of Jharkhand — though covering a narrower area

A series of agrarian and missionary uprisings were brought under a single roof by Jaipal Singh to realise the separate statehood for Jharkhand

Continuing the story following the failed 1956 merger of WB and Bihar and narrating the various concerns and motivations that finally influenced the...

Recounting the circumstances behind the 1956 proposal to merge Bihar and West Bengal as a way of settling interstate border disputes

Before the dream of a linguistic state for Oriya speakers could reach its ultimate realisation, significant hurdles remained in the form of tense land...

In the second part, the numerous contributing factors to the framing of Oriya nationalism are explored in relation to the demand for ‘Natural Oriya’...

In the first of the two parts on the formation of the State of Odisha, the significant role of Odia nationalism is examined in framing the eventual...

Charting the tumultuous political process that transformed the erstwhile state of Travancore-Cochin to the present-day state of Kerala

Changing circumstances and sentiments post-independence enabled the creation of the Union of Travancore-Cochin

Leadership decisions and changing circumstances eventually enabled the rise of Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu