What is nationalism? What are the important ingredients for awakeking feeling of nationalism amonmg masses? What were the steps taken in Indian for rasing this feeling in Indian People during Indian National Movement of Freedom?

What is nationalism? What are the important ingredients for awakeking feeling of nationalism amonmg masses? What were the steps taken in Indian for rasing this feeling in Indian People during Indian National Movement of Freedom?

Nationalism is a socialogical and political concept which defines a feeling in which people living in the country irrespective of their differences of opinion over some issues get together on the basis of some common past adventures or belongings to present themself a one and fight the imperealistic, colonial, aritocracy, autocray and monahcy administartion for larger purpose such as freedom and social or polictal rights in that country.

Ingredianets  to awaken the feeling of Nationlism

Common culture acpect of the population

Commpn struggel of the people in past

Stong bonds among the people and their culture

Suffering of the poeple and similer problems due to opponet

Some common cultural characteristics such as language (or widely understood languages), customs, manners, and literature (folk tales and lore are a beginning).

Some common dominant social (as Christian) and economic (as capitalistic or, recently, communistic) institutions

A belief in a common history (it can be invented) and in a common origin (often mistakenly conceived as racial in nature);

A love or esteem for fellow nationals (not necessarily as individuals);

A common pride in the achievements (often the military more than the cultural) of this nation and a common sorrow in its tragedies (particularly its defeats);

A disregard for or hostility to other (not necessarily all) like groups, especially if these prevent or seem to threaten the separate national existence;

A hope that the nation will have a great and glorious future (usually in territorial expansion) and become supreme in some way (in world power if the nation is already large).

How it Happened in India

Mahatma Gandhi played very important role in the groing and awakening the feeling of nationalism in India. Due to multicultutal and multi religion and caste fatcor in Indian he got a moderate success in this adveour. He tried to smoothen the hard liners and trie to accomodate all the religion of the countryt with hindu cast systems as well. He persuaded Professinals, industrlist, women, stduents, depressed classes people. He did fast and assemblies for listing the status of people who due to Indian caste system remained depressed. He also wrote extensively. He travelen India and Participated in various assemblies and addressed people to aware them and unite them against Britishers. Apart fro this other peopel also did studies and came with the glorious past of Indian People and described that colonialism has made the development and other things worst. Eductaion of the women and every section of India and firght for the eual status of evryone made the feeling strong and united the poeple.
Main Step were
Describing the glorious past
Done scientific studies and finfing that poverty is due to britishers
Improvement in the Indian Caste system and their demands were considered
Common suffering of large part of the country agsint exploitation
Reduction of the gap between inteligentian and commoan people
Bateral and time buying approach of Britishers
Wealth drain to England