Rights of Religious Minority in India: An Overview
Keywords:
Constitution, Culture, Diversity, Education, Hindu, Language, Majority, Minority, Religion, Rights, Script etc.Abstract
It is critical to comprehend how minorities have fared both historically and currently. A minority is a subset of people who, in a given location, are comparatively smaller than the majority. India is home of several minority groups related to different areas, subcultures, belief systems, and castes, including ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities. Hinduism, Jainism, Budhism and Sikhism are the world's four great religions that have originated in India and by virtue of which the Religion has proved to have
a significant role in India’s culture round the history. Minorities in India face all types of inequalities in public sphere regardless that Indian customs, Legislation and Constitution upholds religious tolerance and diversity and offers the minority group numerous legal protections as well as unique provisions for their social and economic advancement. Even the force and violation of natural rights of minorities is a reality in India.
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King Kharvela (born in the family of Rajarshi Vasu), approximately 2nd century BCE.
The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
Article 14, of the Constitution of India.
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Published in (1945).
Published in (1928).
U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Ibid
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As per Census 2011.
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1983 AIR 1 1983 SCR (1) 729.
