State the two factors which encourage regionalism.
Two factors that encourage regionalism are as under:
(i) Regionalism is encouraged by the geographical concentration of these identity markers in special parts and fuelled by a sense of regional deprivation.
(ii) Regionalism is deeply rooted in India because of the diversity of languages, cultures, tribes and religions. It cannot be gainsaid that language plays a sentimental role in the sphere of regionalism.