North India-South India Division

It is a proven fact that six states of Vindhyas make South India contribute more to the tax and receive significantly less than what they pay. Taking the example of Uttar Pradesh in such a case, it pays the tax of Rs 1 and in returns gets RS 1.79 whereas, for every Rs 1 paid by Karnataka, it only receives RS 0.47. Working upon this regional partiality is a must in every way.

Geographical Division:

The geographical division of the north and the South are determined by the states north and south of the Vindhyas, which is one of the most important determining factors for the South and North regions. 

• North India comprises the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, Punjab, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Haryana 
• South India comprises Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala 

History of the N-S Divide:

The History of the N-S divide is defined by the Dravida Nadu concept, which was created during the division of North and South. This hypothetically means “sovereign state”. This was led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and E.V Ramasamay. 

• E V Ramasamy first coined the idea of Dravida Nadu. He launched the self-respect movement in 1925 and the anti-Aryanism movement in 1930. He also started the slogan “Tamil Nadu for Tamils” in 1938. This was the response to compulsory Hindi learning in the entire country, which the Tamils highly opposed.
• The Dravida Nadu concept started from the anti-Brahminism movement in Tamil Nadu seeking greater power and equality in the government. 
• After Independence, the slogan and power of Tamil Nadu rose to shine. Still, the demands were not accepted by other southern States seeing Tamil Nadu growing to strength and becoming dominant. 

Polarisation of North-South India:

Since this fracture line became political, India has suffered. Both northern and southern parties have leveraged this false difference for political gain.

Geography, economics, and politics cause this Polarisation in North-South India. These faults erupted at various times and places.

Dravida Nadu’s Concept of the N-S divide:

Those who speak Dravidian in South Asia think of their language as a “sovereign state,” and use the term accordingly. “Sovereign state” was advocated by the Justice Party and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Dravida Nadu was inevitable due to the battle against Brahminism in the state of Tamil Nadu. After then, the fight for Tamil independence became more of an anti-government campaign than a legitimate one.

Dravida Nadu was first suggested as a political theory by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy. It wasn’t until the 1930s that his “anti-Aryanism,” which he first expressed publicly in 1925, reached its apogee. The Justice Party and E.V. Ramasamy’s Self-Respect movement collaborated to enhance the anti-Brahmin and anti-North doctrine (which he joined in 1935). He coined the expression “Tamil Nadu for Tamils” in 1938 when India was contemplating requiring all students to learn Hindi as part of their school curriculum.

Initially, some of the demand was aimed at the Dravidian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala (Andhra Pradesh) (Telangana). South India, the Deccan Federation, and the Dakshinapath were just a few names Dravida Nadu was known by at different stages in its history. It is a southern Indian state. This phenomenon peaked between 1940 and 1960 when Dravida Nadu was at its most prolific.

Several factors contributed to the decline in interest in creating a pan-Dravidian state after India gained its freedom, including the following:

• Because of worries over Tamil dominance, other southern states were unwilling to support the idea in its current form 
• With the enactment of the State Reorganisation Act in 1956, which split the nation into states based on the languages spoken there, seceding from the United States became considerably easier. It has also been made plain that India’s government would not allow any kind of secession
• Despite Dravida Nadu’s decline in popularity, the North-South divide persisted after India’s independence. One issue after another appeared after independence, exposing previously hidden flaws in the system. It is very rare for political parties to use these fault lines to achieve short-term political objectives

Conclusion:

As was just discussed, the partition of India into the north and south is the result of several different forces acting together. The Polarisation of North-South India and the separation between the north and the south have given rise to challenges regarding regional, political, cultural, and social concerns. The disparity in the tax rates is a matter of concern that calls for more consideration.