Tag: the rise of assertive / radical nationalism

Indians helped the British to develop their colonies in other parts of the World. But everywhere, especially in South Africa, Indians were subjected to racial discrimination.

The number of educated Indians increased considerably by the close of the 19th century. Large numbers of them were employed in the British administration in India on low salaries.

The Assertive Nationalist leaders taught the people that the remedy to their sad condition lay in their own hands. This belief in self-efforts created an urge for extending the national movement to the masses.

The Early Nationalists leaders who led the Congress and National Movement from 1858 to 1905 were staunch believers in open minded and moderate politics. They were called moderates.

Indians helped the British to develop their colonies in other parts of the World. But everywhere, especially in South Africa, Indians were subjected to racial discrimination.

A school of Nationalism had existed in the country from almost the beginning of the national movement. This school was represented by  leaders like Rajnarain Bose and Ashwani Kumar Dutta in Bengal and VIshnu Shastri Chiplunkar in Maharashtra.

Kesari is a Marathi newspaper founded by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1881. He was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. The newspaper was not established as profit making venture but as a way to spread political education among the common people and played an important role in the national movement.