2. How did reinterpretation of history create a feeling of Nationalism in India?
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Explanation:
The reinterpretation of history helped in to look into the past with the sense of pride and achievements.They wrote about glorious developments in ancient times when arts and architecture,science and mathematics,culture and religion,law and philosophy,crafts and trades had flourished.It was opposite to what the British had manifested the Indian to be in the eyes of the world.So,we can say that reinterpretation of history create a feeling of nationalism.
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. By the 19th century many Indians began feeling that to instill a sense of pride in the nation, Indian history should be reinterpreted.
The British saw India as backward and primitive incapable of governing themselves.
In response, Indians began looking into the past to discover India’s great achievements.
Indians started writing about the glorious developments in ancient times, how art and architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture, law and philosophy, crafts and trade flourished.
This glorious time was followed by a history of decline, when India was colonized.
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Reinterpretation Of History:
Ø Modern education, in course of time, evoked interest in the correct understanding of India’s past.
Ø Attempts were made to rediscover and re-study the past of India to enhance the understanding of the present.
Ø Laudable efforts were made by many scholars and enlightened Indians in this direction.
Ø They wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times when art and architecture, science and mathematics, religions and culture, law and philosophy, crafts and trade had flourished.
Ø This glorious time, in their view, was followed by a history of decline, when India was colonised.
Ø Ancient scripts were deciphered and the study of the ancient inscriptions opened new horizons for the study of Indian history and civilisation.
Ø Preservation of ancient monuments, paintings and sculpture started, and a proper appreciation of Indian art began.
Ø Much of the new knowledge about India’s past gave a sense of pride to the Indian people and helped in their awakening.
Ø Many Indian scholars took up the study of Indian history and culture in a systematic way and the appreciation of India from a specifically Indian point of view began.
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Explanation:
(i) Reinterpretation of history was an important means to create a feeling of nationalism.
(ii)The British saw Indian as backwards and primitive
(iii) In response, Indians began looking into the past to discover India's great
achievements.
(iv) They wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times when art and
architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture, law and
philosophy, crafts and trade flourished.
(v)This glorious time, in their view, was followed by a history of decline when
India was colonised.
(vi) These nationalist histories advocated the readers to be proud of India's great
achievements in the past and struggle to change the miserable conditions of
life under British rule.
(vii) A growing anger against the colonial government and hope of reviving the
glorious past infused a strong sense of patriotism in Indians.
(vii) They fought back for their rights and finally, in 1947 achieved it in form of
independence and freedom from British Raj.