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