Causes of Nationalism in India PDF

, _,,.f:t: and short-lived. What was needed was an peopl~ Anew class arose-Indians anized all-India movement, under the in English-small in number b eql.lr'I ~e~dership of Indian nationalists who could course of time, would produc,e Ut \vh~lA~~I mobilize a...

, _,,.f:t: and short-lived. What was needed was an peopl~ Anew class arose-Indians anized all-India movement, under the in English-small in number b eql.lr'I ~e~dership of Indian nationalists who could course of time, would produc,e Ut \vh~lA~~I mobilize and unite the people. organi zers of a nation al 1 0 movell\ ea~~ , ~ \;ts " ent. ~ Western education free~ their. CAUSES OF THE RISE OF the bondage of tradition. They lelllin.ds ~ NATIONALISM the successful movements for ~e d. ab~ ft [Nationalism is a patriotic feeling of love and unification of other countne~ ed.a111 loyalty for one's country. It is a spirit bor saw with greater clarity the eviJ.l'hey ~ n out of a common history, culture, territory, British rule and dreamt of a Dlod effectg em , ~ and economic and political goal~ There wer prosperous and strong lndiaJ p.1(1.)llt\i~ e several factors responsible for the birth of nationalism in India...mThink and Answe r. Do you agree that people in India chan ed Impact of the Revolt of 1857 and developed amodern outlook beca9 Western education? Do you think westse_o w.4The Revolt of 1857 had failed to rid.1sth f India esame t h'mg as modernization? Give ern1zati Ofl of foreign rule. It had, however, succeeded reasons for your answers. in shaking the very foundations of Bri tish presence in India. More importantly, it had - become a source of inspiration for thousands Th e En glish Langua_g! of people and would serve as an eye-opene r The English language acted for the new generation of Indians} Th~ as alink betw heroes of the Revolt, in general, and Ran the educated Indians from various Parts~ i the country. Thu{it played Lakshmibai, in particular, became household a very significani role in fostering feelings of unity amo names-legends that would spawn thousands educated Indians from differentprovinces and of heroes in the years to come. linguistic regions of the country. The banien of language now broke down as the Englis Western Education and Modern language became the common medium ~h Ideas communication. Educated middle-cl~ Indians who spoke different languages could The Britishhad introduced Western educati on now express their ~ews and exchange ideas in India to create a class of loyal clerks and among themselves in English. A common anglicized buyers of British goods. language fostered a sense of onene11 ~d '{w f~ estem education aid that and mud\ understanding of their Indian identityJf1lt mere. It opened the floodgates of lJ"oJIJr Modem ideas and the spirit of nationa}is ~ lll, lll.OD ~ knowledge and rational thinkin~. Newi~ID however, spread among the coJD lt t' of nUll\anism, nationalism and demoaa in towns and villages through the z :I ty transformed the traditional outlook of the languages.