Vol. 4, Issue 10, Part F (2018)

The religion played a significant role both integrating and disintegrating people in India and world large. This article deals with the ideological perspectives of communalism and various factors responsible for the growth of communal fanaticism, communal violence, and sectarian riots, demolition, burning and forcible occupation of religious places etc in India. It also deals with steps taken for the check the growth of communalism and concluding remarks.