How did people belonging to different communities, regions or language groups develop a sense of-collective belonging?

1. This sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of
united struggles and growing anger among people against the colonial
government.
2. 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