How did a variety of cultural processes play an important role in making of nationalism in India? Explain with examples

Role of cultural processes in making of nationalism in India:

  • The sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of united struggles.
  • There were also a variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured peoples’
  • imagination.
  • History, fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols played a part in the making of nationalism.
  • The identity of the nation is most often symbolised in a figure or an image.
  • This helped to create an image with which people can identify the nation.