Question

Discuss the role of literature in promoting national
consciousness in 19th-century India.

Answer 1

Answer:

Hey mate,

here is yor answer

The British ruled India to promote their own interests. In doing so they often subordinate Indian welfare to British gain. The Indians realized gradually that their interests were being sacrificed to those of British interests. This clash of interests was the root cause of the rise of the nationalist movement. Eventually the peasants, the artisans and the workers discovered that they had no political rights and virtually nothing was being done for their intellectual and cultural development. The educated Indians discovered that economic exploitation by Britain was only increasing India’s poverty. Thus the anti-imperialist movement gradually arose and developed in India.

Nationalist sentiments grew up among the general people on account of the following major factors. And it did not take even much time