ABSTRACT
In a country with multiple and competing nationalisms, federal structures and institutions play a key regulatory role in providing direction to its path of development. Federal mediations are continuously under stress because of competing claims over economic resources, political power and ideological hegemony. Federal success or failure depends on convergence or divergence between competing nationalisms for development and political aspirations. This study has highlighted the role of nationalism and federalism in offering a new understanding of India’s path of development.
