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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.I(VI)/7-11/2
AUTHOR: Sukhjit Kaur
TITLE : ROLE OF SOCIO- RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN PUNJAB COMMUNALISM
ABSTRACT: Communalism is a very popular term which means a group of people following a particular religion they have, as a result , a common social, Political and economic interests1 from the Past Centuries communalism spread in India very fast; Specially, when Britishers came to India they adopted the policy of ‘ divide and rule’. Then the problem of communalism raised and they divided the Sikh, Muslims, Hindu and Christians2. So many other reasons were also behind the communalism which divided the Indians . Here in this paper an attempt has been made to show the interest of all social and religious organization which divided the Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims of Punjab. This paper is divided into four sections. First one is related to the causes of communalism. Second one describes Arya samaj Organization Third one highlights the Sikh organization Fourth Section is about Muslim Organization.
KEYWORDS: Communalism, Arya Smaj, Socio- Religious, Punjab Communalism