Abstract: This article seeks to examine one significant dimension of internal migration in India,i.e. inter-state migration. Among the various migration streams interstate migration has a chequered history and is consequential in terms of its sociocultural impact. Such migration across the Indian states got impetus in the colonial period and has continued in the post-colonial period. It has been more seminal in affecting the Indian urban society than the rural. It is the urban centres, particularly the state capitals along with other industrial cities which are affected by multiple waves of interstate migration. The migrating populace has been heterogenous in ethnic and class composition and has exhibited historical continuities
Key words: Mobility, Linguistic Dispersal, Linguistic Return, Urban Agglomeration, Pluralistic ethos
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