Feeling of collective belongings (class 10)
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Nationalist movements spread when people belonging to different regions and communities began to develop a sense of collective belonging.
• the image of Bharat Mata was first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1870 when he wrote Vande Mataram for our motherland later this song was included in the novel anandamath and widely sung by all freedom fighters the image of Bharat Mata was first printed by Rabindranath Tagore.
• Indian folk songs and folk tale song by Brad played an important role for making idea of Nationalism .In Bengal Rabindranath Tagore and in Madras Natesa Sastri collected massive collection of folktales and song which led the movement for folk Revival.
• during the Swadeshi Movement a tri coloured (red green and yellow )flag was designed in Bengal it has 8 Lotus representing provinces and crescent moon representing Hindus and Muslims. by 1921 Gandhiji had designed the Swaraj flag it was tricolour having spinning Wheel in the centre representing The Gandhian ideas of self help.