WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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Indian nationalism in the 1800s began as a reaction to
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British rule
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religious conflict
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communist revolutions
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drought and famine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nationalism emerged in 19th-century British India both in emulation of and as a reaction against the consolidation of British rule and the spread of Western civilization.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indian nationalists led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to make what was then British India, as well as the 562 princely states under British paramountcy, into a single secular, democratic state.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The British system of rule gave upper-class Indians opportunities to be educated in Europe and to serve in minor government roles. A generation of educated Indians, then, were exposed to Enlightenment ideals of democracy and national sovereignty.
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