Answer:
By
the end of the 19th century many Indians began feeling that to instill a sense
of pride in the nation Indian history had to be thought about differently.
The British saw Indians as backward and primitive, incapable of governing
themselves. In response, Indians began looking into the past to discover India's
great achievements. They wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times
when art and architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture, law
and philosophy, crafts and trade had flourished. This glorious time, in their
view, was followed by a history of decline, when India was colonised. These
nationalist histories urged the leaders to take pride in India's great
achievements in the past and struggle to change the miserable conditions of
life under British rule.
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