Community Consciousness and Quest for Identity: A Historical Perspective

Present research paper discusses about the community consciousness as well as quest for identity formation. This article argues about the historical past and its reflection in contemporary events. It also deals with feelings of communities and construction of separate identity. Article also evaluates glorious feelings of historical past which trace its roots in past. It also assess about construction of community identities during the colonial period in north-India. Article is divided into three parts like, construction of identity, issue of language and religion and some social and religious debates