Question

How did novels in British india help colonial administrations and indians both

Answer 1

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Colonial administrators found novels a valuable source of information on native life and customs. Such information was useful for them in governing Indian society, which its large varieties of communities and castes. Novel showed how people dressed, their forms of religious worship, their beliefs and practices and so on.

Indians used the novels as a powerful medium to criticise what they considered defects in their society and to suggest remedies. It also helped in creating a sense of national pride amoung their readers. Novels also helped in creating a sense of collective belonging on the basis of one's language.

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