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title: "6 reasons for The Western Influence on India"  
description: "India is a secular country where the people have the freedom to practice any religion and also to convert to another religion of their choice."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-13  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1553/6-reasons-for-the-western-influence-on-india  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Westernisation", "western culture", "western influence", "reasons"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 6 reasons for The Western Influence on India

![6 reasons for The Western Influence on India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a4a3407-f123-4a36-bd15-9a8a73dd3e23/images/7b192c42-082c-40cc-8aed-8c2ef6b33bcd.jpeg) ![6 reasons for The Western Influence on India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a4a3407-f123-4a36-bd15-9a8a73dd3e23/images/2c8d7efe-70dc-48b0-9c3b-f6139ba54eb0.jpeg) Indian culture which is one of the oldest richest culture in the world ![6 reasons for The Western Influence on India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a4a3407-f123-4a36-bd15-9a8a73dd3e23/images/e61b596a-cb39-4618-bed2-2939ed457357.jpeg) This includes the subculture of Indian intellectuals who not only adopted many cognitive patterns ![6 reasons for The Western Influence on India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a4a3407-f123-4a36-bd15-9a8a73dd3e23/images/6a2483ba-9c67-434b-9dfa-97e33087f647.jpeg) This impact of westernization was mainly in urban areas. ![6 reasons for The Western Influence on India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a4a3407-f123-4a36-bd15-9a8a73dd3e23/images/40908bb5-73d0-4810-836c-73a09e62608a.jpeg) Affected caste, joint family, marriage and other social structures. ![6 reasons for The Western Influence on India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a4a3407-f123-4a36-bd15-9a8a73dd3e23/images/7b192c42-082c-40cc-8aed-8c2ef6b33bcd.jpeg) Modern values like humanism, egalitarianism, secularism have entered Indian value systems. ![6 reasons for The Western Influence on India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a4a3407-f123-4a36-bd15-9a8a73dd3e23/images/5444ace6-4d7e-4188-8681-b178756a46cc.jpeg) Many political and cultural movements emerged like the movement for the eradication of caste spread of mass education.

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