Culture has played an important role in development of nationalism in india during 18th and 19th centuries
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Culture played an important role in creating the idea of a ... in Europe during eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The cultural process helped in creating a sense of collective belonging in India
Explanation:
There were wide-range cultural processes by way of which nationalism had been captured in people's imagination
(i) With the growth of "nationalism", India's identity came to be visually related to the image of "Bharat Mata" (first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay). The image of "Bharat Mata" was later depicted by Abanindranath Tagore as an calm, aesthetic, composed, spiritual, & divine figure. It was subsequently widely distributed in popular print & a sense of devotion to the mother was considered as a proof of nationalism.
(ii) In addition, in the year 1870, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay had written the "Vande Mataram" as a "hymn" to the motherland
(iii) Nationalists started recording"folk tales" sung by "bards". These tales, they had believed gave a real & true picture of traditional culture which had been damaged & corrupted by external forces
(iv) The flag had become a "symbol of defiance". Gandhiji himself designed the "Swaraj Flag" that was tricolor & had a spinning wheel in the center
(v) A feeling of nationalism was created by the re-interpretation of history. Indian had recalled their"glorious past" to instill a "sense of pride" in the nation. Writings about the success accomplished in the field of ancient times such as art & architecture, mathematics & science, religion & culture, crafts & trade, philosophy & law began to be retold & preserved In turn, these nationalistic histories played a key role in urging readers to take pride in the past and achievements of India, with a view to changing the appalling living conditions of British rule.