Question

How was history reinterpreted to instill nationalism?

Answer 1

Indians started reinterpreting the past of India to show the glories and achievements of i
India before the colonial government conquered India.
The british always said that Indians are not capable of governing themselves and so Indians started writing the glorious past of the country and thus inspiring the people to fight against the imperial government, so that they could come out of their miserable life under the British rule.

Answer 2

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The$\color{red}{British}$ saw Indians as backward and primitive, incapable of governing themselves. Indians began looking into the past to discover $\color{green}{India's}$ great achievements. They wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times when art and architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture had flourished. These nationalist history urged the readers to take pride in India's great achievements in the past

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