Contribution of Indian Renaissance Movement in the development of Indian Nationalism
Many explanations have been presented about the development of nationalism in modern Indian history. An important question related to this is that what has been the role of the Indian Renaissance movement in its development from nationalism?
In fact, for the development of modern nationalism, it was necessary to be free from the social inertia of the time and since most of the social beliefs were influenced by religion and religious reform and social reform were related to each other, the solution of the second was not possible without the former. In the then society, casteism, status of women, excessive influence of religion, lack of rationalism etc. were firmly maintaining their existence. Only by improving these could India be made a modern nation.For a modern nation, it was necessary to develop rationalism, rationalism etc. In fact, the colonial rule had developed a sense of inertia among the people. Negative mindset, defeated group and sense of hopelessness were very effective among the people. In such a situation, the solution of these problems was necessary for the development of self-respect and nationalism. Then for a modern nation, science, rationalism, humanism, rationalism, etc. are essential conditions. Without these, the development of a modern nation was impossible, keeping these problems in the center, various social reformers came forward in the 19th century and through their works, various social reformers Rajaram Mohan Roy, Ishwar chand Vidyasagar, who became the harbinger of reforms, from Dayanand Saraswati to Swami Vivekananda, all addressed these problems in their own way and tried to solve them. Certainly the seeds of modern Indian nationalism we get in this renaissance movement, however, it has its own There were some limitations which cannot be ignored.In this movement, modernization was giving less and westernization was giving more. As a result, it failed in the proportion in which it should address elements such as nationalism, and it remained the twilight of modern nationalism.
