(a) This sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of united struggle and growing anger among people against the colonial government.
(b) But there were also a variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured people imagination.
(i) The identity of the nation symbolized in a figure or image of Bharat Mata created through literature, songs painting etc.
(ii) A movement to revive Indian folklore to enhance nationalist sentiments.
(iii) Role of icons and symbols in unifying people and inspiring in them a feeling of nationalism.
(iv) Creating a feeling of nationalism was through reinterpretation of history.
