CLASS: X
SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
WORKSHEET SOLUTION: 80
DATE: 04/02/2022
SOLUTIONS
Chapter- 3: Nationalism in India
The
Sense of Collective Belonging Dear
students, we studied
how the devotion
to the image
of Bharat Mata
came to be
seen as evidence
of one’s nationalism in
Worksheet 79. In
this worksheet, we
will study the
impact of Indian
folklore, icons and
symbols and history on
the development of
the ideas of
nationalism in India. Indian Folklore-
In late-nineteenth-century India, nationalists
began recording folk
tales sung by
bards and they toured
villages to gather
folk songs and
legends. These tales,
they believed, gave
a true picture
of traditional culture that
had been corrupted
and damaged by
outside forces. It
was essential to
preserve this folk tradition
in order to
discover one’s national
identity and restore
a sense of
pride in one’s
past. In Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore
began collecting ballads,
nursery rhymes and
myths, and led
the movement for
folk revival. In Madras,
Natesa Sastri published
a massive four-volume
collection of Tamil
folk tales, The
Folklore of Southern India He
believed that folklore
was national literature;
it was most
trustworthy manifestation of people’s
real thoughts and
characteristics. Icons
and Symbols (Flags)- With
the development of
the national movement,
nationalist leaders became
more and more aware
of icons and
symbols in unifying
people and inspiring
in them a
feeling of nationalism. During Swadeshi movement
in Bengal, a
tricolour flag (red,
green and yellow)
was designed. It
had eight lotuses representing eight
provinces of British
India, and a
crescent moon, representing Hindus
and Muslims. By 1921, Gandhiji had
designed the Swaraj
flag. It was
a tricolour (red,
green and white)
and had a
spinning wheel in the
centre representing the
Gandhian ideal of
self-help. Carrying the
flag, holding it
aloft, during marches became a symbol
of defiance. History- Another means
of creating a
feeling of nationalism
was through reinterpretation of
history. The British saw Indians as
backward and primitive, incapable
of governing themselves. In
response, Indians began
looking into the
past to discover
India’s great achievements . They wrote about
the glorious developments in ancient
times when art and architecture, science and
mathematics, religion and
culture, law and
philosophy, crafts and trade
had flourished. This
glorious time, in
their view, was
followed by a
history of decline,
when India was colonized.
These nationalist histories
urged the readers
to take pride
in India’s great
achievements in the past
and struggle to
change the miserable
conditions of life
under British rule. Answer the
following questions: 1. How did the ideas of nationalism develop
through a movement
to revive Indian
folklore? Ans. Indian Folklore-
In late-nineteenth-century India, nationalists
began recording folk
tales sung by
bards and they toured
villages to gather
folk songs and
legends. These tales,
they believed, gave
a true picture
of traditional culture that
had been corrupted
and damaged by
outside forces. It
was essential to
preserve this folk tradition
in order to
discover one’s national
identity and restore
a sense of
pride in one’s
past. In Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore
began collecting ballads,
nursery rhymes and
myths, and led
the movement for
folk revival. In Madras,
Natesa Sastri published
a massive four-volume
collection of Tamil
folk tales, The Folklore
of Southern India He believed that folklore
was national literature;
it was most
trustworthy manifestation of people’s
real thoughts and
characteristics. 2.How icons and
symbols, history etc. played
an important part
in the making
of nationalism in
India? Ans. Icons and
Symbols (Flags)- With
the development of
the national movement,
nationalist leaders became
more and more aware
of icons and
symbols in unifying
people and inspiring
in them a
feeling of nationalism. During Swadeshi movement
in Bengal, a
tricolour flag (red,
green and yellow)
was designed. It
had eight lotuses representing eight
provinces of British
India, and a
crescent moon, representing Hindus
and Muslims. By 1921, Gandhiji had
designed the Swaraj
flag. It was
a tricolour (red,
green and white)
and had a
spinning wheel in the
centre representing the
Gandhian ideal of
self-help. Carrying the
flag, holding it
aloft, during marches became a symbol
of defiance. History- Another means
of creating a
feeling of nationalism
was through reinterpretation of
history. The British saw Indians as
backward and primitive, incapable
of governing themselves. In
response, Indians began
looking into the
past to discover
India’s great achievements . They wrote about
the glorious developments in ancient
times when art and architecture, science and
mathematics, religion and
culture, law and
philosophy, crafts and trade
had flourished. This
glorious time, in
their view, was
followed by a
history of decline,
when India was colonized.
These nationalist histories
urged the readers
to take pride
in India’s great
achievements in the past
and struggle to
change the miserable
conditions of life
under British rule. |