explain how print culture led to the growth of Nationalism in India
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By the the end of 19th centurya large number of newspapersin Indian vernacularlanguages were published.
• this these newspapers published articleswritten by National leaders. Their their ideas were communicated to the people through these newspapers.
• the people of different communities and places were connected by print media.
Newspaper conveyed news from one one place to another creating pan- Indian identities.
• the the nationalist newspaper exposed the colonial misrule and encouraged National nationalist activities. As these were written in spoken languages of various regions common man could easily understand the content.
• various various novels with nationalistic themes were published by leading leading novelist in India. One of these was bankim Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. The song ' Vande Matram' by him and his novel 'Anandmath' created created and stirred nationalist feelings in the country.
• The Print culture also educated the people who then were influenced by by his reformists and nationalist ideas.