India arrived on the world stage, celebrated for its fastest economic growth, educated professional class, urban prosperity and cultural influence fueled by Bollywood in the foreigner. However, while some parts of the country enjoy new wealth, others continue to suffer in abject poverty. This other part of India is also plagued by violence and unrest, which is increasingly targeting the government. Although there is some disagreement over whether security threats can be classified as internal or external, it is undeniable that the country faces many security challenges. Therefore, this essay will analyze various security challenges of India and argue that India's security challenges are mainly internal. The first part of the document will define “internal” and “external” security challenges. The second part will present India's internal and external security challenges. Finally, the third part of the paper will argue that internal challenges are more important than external challenges. Etymologically, security implies the absence of real or perceived threats, whether from internal unrest, external sources, or existing economic disparities and inequalities. Over the past two decades, the understanding and definition of security threats has undergone a double transformation. First, the evolving international security environment has led to a diversification and decentralization of security threats, transcending borders and state actors, and spreading across political, economic, social and environmental dimensions. Second, as a result, a major reprioritization of security threats followed, making non-traditional “hybrid” threats more visible. In this essay, “internal security” represents the ability of the nation-state to protect its sovereign power, government, defined territory, and permanent population against all internal threats..