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List the factors which might have caused India's poor showing/ranking in HDI ranking.

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India with a population of 1.2 billion is ranked 134th out of 172 countries as per the UNDP HDI report 2011, with a value of 0.547. There are various historical factors which are responsible for India.s poor ranking in HDI like colonialisation, socio-cultural factors like Human Right violation, social discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender and caste, social problems like crime, terrorism and lower level of empowerment among marginal members of socirty has special significance in this regard.
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