Question

Why do you think the early nationalists did not want to re-establish the rule of the old kings of India? Would it not have been better than the British rule?

Answer 1

Yes. It would not have been better than the British rule.

Reasons:

1. Early nationalists treated India as a nation. Old kings divided India into small kingdoms. 

2. The British rule was like hot pan, the old kings’ was like stove. 

3. Many old kings were foreigners. ‘Swadeshi’ was their goal.