North India-South India Divide

Is India’s Regional Divide Widening? The North-South India divide recently became a point of contention when former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah raised the issue of the North developing at the expense of the South.

This is what Siddaramaiah stated.

Historically, the South has supported the north. Six states south of the Vindhyas pay more taxes and receive less. For example, Uttar Pradesh receives Rs 1.79 for every rupee of tax contributed. Karnataka receives Rs 0.47 for every rupee of tax paid by the state. While I recognise the importance of addressing regional imbalances, where is the incentive for development?

Division of Geography

The so-called Landscape Geography definition was prioritised among them, in part because two of the department’s professors, John Frodin and Gerd Enequist, both strong personalities at the time, were supporters of landscape geography. Gerd Enequist was the first professor of human geography after the division of geography into Physical and Human Geography in 1947. The old combined geographical subject was thought to be the best synthesis of nature and man.

Even after the division, this fundamental belief persisted until the end of the 1950s, when a scientific specialisation based on modern chorological, data-based methods was gradually introduced. Since then, physical geography and human geography have become increasingly separated, and the old synthetical concept has largely been abandoned. Previously, the primary goal of academic teaching of united geography was to prepare students to enter the teaching profession. Human geography is now more successful in planning research and other specialised fields of scientific investigation that benefit society.

History of the N-S divide: The Dravida Nadu Concept

Dravida Nadu is the name of a proposed sovereign state for Dravidian language speakers in South India proposed by the Justice Party led by Thanthai Periyar, the founder of the self-respect movement, and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led by C. N. Annadurai.

Initially, Dravida Nadu supporters’ demand was limited to the Tamil-speaking region, but it was later expanded to include other Indian states with a majority of Dravidian-language speakers (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Karnataka). Parts of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Orissa, and Maharashtra were also among the supporters. The proposed sovereign state was also known as “South India,” “Deccan Federation,” and “Dakshinapatha.”

The concept of Dravida Nadu arose from the Tamil Nadu anti-Brahminism movement, which sought to end Brahmin dominance in Tamil society and government. Early demands of this movement included social equality as well as greater power and control. [8] However, it grew to include a separatist movement demanding a sovereign state for the Tamil people over time. The Justice Party, which came to power in the Madras Presidency in 1921, was the major political party supporting this movement.

Anti-Brahmin Tamil leaders have claimed that non-Brahmin Tamils were the original inhabitants of the Tamil-speaking region since the late nineteenth century.

The Brahmins, on the other hand, were described as a foreign power on par with the British colonial rulers.

In India, North-South Divide Grows More Dangerous

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited the southern city of Chennai, he must have been taken aback by the reception he received. Half of the city, it seemed, had gathered to wave black flags and banners reading “Go Back, Modi” at his motorcade. 

When the prime minister boarded a helicopter, the crowds cleverly launched black balloons behind him.

The rage was not entirely personal. Protesters in Chennai, the capital of the prosperous state of Tamil Nadu, targeted Modi as the most visible representative of a New Delhi establishment that many Tamils have come to see as biassed against them.

Marchers were enraged by the federal government’s refusal to implement a recent Supreme Court order dealing with water-sharing between Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Karnataka. However, discontent in India’s south is not limited to a single issue or even a single state. The BJP is also on the defensive in Karnataka, where the incumbent chief minister has attempted to make the upcoming elections a referendum on sub-national pride.

Geographical

Geographic issues are related to the science of geography, which studies the earth’s physical features. Your geographic location refers to your region or neighbourhood — it is where you are on a map.

Geographic refers to anything related to geography. A geographical study could look into the composition of some soil. Students learn about physical processes such as erosion in a geography class. A volcanic eruption is a significant geographical event. A geographic divide refers to different things happening in different places, such as a geographic divide in the United States where people say “y’all” in the South and “you guys” in the North.

Conclusion

The North-South India divide recently became a point of contention when former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah raised the issue of the North developing at the expense of the South. Historically, the South has supported the north. Gerd Enequist was the first professor of human geography after the division of geography into Physical and Human Geography in 1947. History of the N-S divide: The Dravida Nadu Concept Dravida Nadu is the name of a proposed sovereign state for Dravidian language speakers in South India proposed by the Justice Party led by Thanthai Periyar, the founder of the self-respect movement, and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by C.N. Geographical Geographic issues are related to the science of geography, which studies the earth’s physical features.