1. Not all social groups were moved by the abstract concept of Swaraj. • Many Schedule Castes and tribes came together under the umbrella of Depressed Class movement. • Many leaders of these classes demanded their political representation through Reservation. • Many Muslim Leaders expressed their conceRead more

    Not all social groups were moved by the abstract concept of Swaraj.
    • Many Schedule Castes and tribes came together under the umbrella of Depressed Class movement.
    • Many leaders of these classes demanded their political representation through Reservation. • Many Muslim Leaders expressed their concern about the status of Muslim as a minority of India.
    • They feared their culture and identity be submerged under the domination of majority.

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  2. • Sense of collective belonging come through the experience of united struggle. • Variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured peoples' imagination. • History, fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbol played important role in making of nationalism. • Identity of natRead more

    • Sense of collective belonging come through the experience of united struggle.
    • Variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured peoples’ imagination.
    • History, fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbol played important role in making of nationalism.
    • Identity of nation is most often symbolized in a figure or an image.
    • It helped to create an image with which people can identify the nation.

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  3. Plantation workers had their own meaning of Swaraj. •Right to move freely in and out of the confined space. • Retaining a link with the village from which they had come. • When they heard of the Non-cooperation movement, thousand of workers defied authorities, left the plantation. • They believed thRead more

    Plantation workers had their own meaning of Swaraj.
    •Right to move freely in and out of the confined space.
    • Retaining a link with the village from which they had come.
    • When they heard of the Non-cooperation movement, thousand of workers defied authorities, left the plantation.
    • They believed that Gandhi Raj was coming every one would be given land in their own villages.

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