What challenges did india as a …

There were three major challenges of building democracy in India. These were as follows:

1. Communalism: India is a land of continental size and diversity. There were around 600 states of varying size and population. The partition of the country appeared to prove everyone’s worst fears. Hence there was a serious question about the future of India, i.e. would India survive as a unified country. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took upon himself the task of integrating these princely states, which was completed in stages. Indian polity is secular in nature, but communalism is thriving in the country and now it constitutes a serious problem of Indian states. India respects all religions and the major religious communities are Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians and Anglo-Indians. Muslims constitute the largest minority community. The Hindus constitute more than 80% of the population of the country. Most of Hindu leaders believed that India does not have diverse communities.
2. Caste: Cate is the biggest threat to India as political parties candidates are of the same caste as that of the majority voters, who favour him on caste basis although politics has moved towards casteism. It has brought a balance in the caste equation because not only the advanced castes but other castes also are eligible for participation in a representative democracy. The association of politics with caste has led democracy to greater rationality vis-a-vis the caste system. The political parties while selecting the candidates, see whether the candidate will be able to get the support of voters of his caste or not.
3. Multi-party system: Many regional parties have formed, whether on a religious basis or caste basis or any other basis after independence. This multi-party system further leads to coalition government this is also a big threat to Indian democracy.