In spite of communal partition, India was not declared a ‘Hindu State’ on the following basis:-
a. Most of the national movement leaders believed that India must treat persons of all religions equally and that India should not be a country that gives status to adherents of one ***** and inferior to those who practiced another religion.
b. Even after large scale migration of Muslims to the newly created Pakistan, the ** population in India accounted for 12 Percent of the total population in 1951.
c. To provide a sense of security to other religious minorities in India, it became utmost important to declare India a ‘Secular State’.
