Civics
Isn’t that strange? Did our constitution makers not know about federalism? Or did they wish to avoid talking about it?
Answer
Our constitution makers knew about federalism but they acted according to the situation of the country. The newly independent India had many small and independent princely states which were left to decide whether to join India or stay independent. Therefore, in order to unify the country and avoid its divisions, the term federal was not introduced initially.
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