Question

How did people belonging to different communities, regions and languages develop a sense of collective belonging?

Answer 1

It was through a variety of reasons which included the reintepretation of history,culture and nation etc . 1.The writing of song vande mataram by bankim chdra chhattopadhyay also contributed in the sense of collective belonging. 2.The making of the image of Bharat mata by Abhindra nath tagore also contributed. 3.The making of Swaraj flag by Mahama gandhi .etc for more refer ncert text

Answer 2

Answer:

The people belonging to different communities, legends, languages, groups developed a sense of collective belongingness because of following reasons —

1. Image –

• In 20th century, the identification of India usually started with the image of Bharat Mata.
• Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay created the first image of Bharat Mata.
• He also wrote Vande Mataram.
• Also, Abanindranath Tagore painted another image of Bharat Mata.
• This image portrait Bharat Mata as an ascetic figure which was calm and composed, divine and spiritual.

2. Folklore –

• The ideas of nationalism also developed by folklore.
• The nationalists start recording sung by people in the village.
• Rabindranath Tagore, in Bengal, collected ballads, nursery rhymes and myths.
• In Madras, Natesa Sastri published a massive for volume collection of Tamil folk tales, which was called the folklore of Southern India.

3. Symbols and Icons –

• In Bengal, during the Swadeshi movement, a tricolour flag was designed that consisted red, green and yellow colours.
• It consisted 8 Lotus is representing 8 provinces of Britishers and the crescent moon representing Hindus and Muslims.
• In 1921, Gandhiji designed the Swaraj flag which consisted red, green and white it as tricolour.
• It consisted a spinning wheel in centre representing Gandhian ideal of self help.

4. History –

• The Britishers thought that Indians are primitive and are in capable of governing themselves.
• In response of this thought, Indians look the past discovered great achievements of India.
• They started writing about the glorious development in Asian times that India had achieved.
• They wrote about art and architecture, science and mathematics, etc. that Indians developed.