Question

How did prople belonging diffrent communites region or lamguage groups develop a sense of collective belonging

Answer 1

Nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that they are all part of the same nation, when they discover some unity that binds them together.This sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of united struggles. But there were also a variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured people’s imagination. History and fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols, all played a part in the making of nationalism.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

(i) The identity of the nation is most often symbolised with the image of Bharat Mata.

(ii) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland.

(iii) Novel Anandamath.

(iv) Moved by the Swadeshi movement, Abindranath Tagore painted Bharat Mata and portrayed as an ascetic figure; she is calm, composed, divine and spiritual.

(v) Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore.

(vi) Icons and symbols in unifying people and inspiring in them a feeling of nationalism.

(vii) During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed.

(viii) Reinterpretation of history that to instill a sense of pride in the nation.