History & Civics
How did western thought and education help in the promotion of nationalism?
Answer
With the spread of western education and thought, the Indians came into contact with the west and imbibed a modern, rational, secular, democratic and national outlook. The American Revolution, the French Revolution and other revolutions in Europe inspired the Indians with the ideals/watchwords of liberty, equality and fraternity. They acquired the ideals watchwords of democracy, freedom and nationalism from the writings of western thinkers.
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