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Describe the role of Mazzini in the unification of Italy. |
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Answer» Mazzini was a great revolutionary leader. He was bom in Geneva in 1805. He became a member of a secret organsation ‘Carbonneir’. In 1831, he founded the organisation named ‘Young Italy. He wanted to exclude Austria from Italy and unify Italy as an integrated republican state. Mazzini’s organisation, ‘Young Italy had three slogans : believe in God, brother become one, and free Italy. Mazzini is considered to be the mind of Itaiys unification, spiritual power, and the soul of Itaiys unification. Through his organisation, he instilled the sentiment of patriotism, struggle, sacrifice, martyrdom and freedom. He was a nurturer of republican principles and revolutionary methods. In this way, Mazzini’s contribution to Italy’s unification was incomparable. |
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