Unity in Diversity


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Unity in Diversity

Unity in diversity:

India’s diversity has always been recognized as a source of its strength.When the British ruled India women and men from different cultural religious and regional backgrounds came together to oppose them. India’s freedom movement had thousands of people of different backgrounds in it. They worked together to decide joint actions, they went to jail together, and they found different ways to oppose the British. Interestingly the British thought they could divide Indians because they were so different and then continue to rule them but the people showed how they could be different and yet be united in their battle against the British.

This song was sung after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in which a British general opened fire on a large group of unarmed, peaceful people killing many and wounding even more. Men and women, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, rich and poor had gathered to protest against the British. This song was composed and sung to honor the memory of those brave people.

Songs and symbols that emerged during the freedom struggle serve as a constant reminder of our country’s rich tradition of respect for diversity. It was used as a symbol of protest against the British by people everywhere. In this book the discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru says that Indian unity is not something imposed from the outside but rather, “it was something deeper and within its fold, the widest tolerance of belief and custom was practiced and every variety acknowledged and even encouraged.” It was Nehru, who coined the phrase, “unity in diversity” to describe the country.

 
 


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