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What are the factors which help in emergence of nation? |
| Answer» The factors that lead to the emergence of nationalist feelings are:Shared beliefs\xa0− This refers to the collective identity and vision for the future of a group that aspires to have an independent political existence.\t\tThe citizens of a nation-state share common beliefs irrespective of ethnic or religious differences.\t\t\tFor example, every citizen of India wants the national hockey team to become world champion.\tCommon history −\xa0The citizens of a nation-state share a common history.\t\tIt perceives them as stretching back into the past as well as reaching into the future.\t\t\tFor example, Indians share a common history of nationalist movement and have the same vision for their future.\tCommon territory\xa0− It shares a common land or territory on which the people have been living for a long period of time. Thus, territory is an important component of unity.For example, Indians identify themselves with the distinctive geographical features of the Indian subcontinent.Shared political ideals\xa0− Citizens of a nation-state share a vision of the kind of state they want to build.\t\tThey share same political ideas, they share commitment to a set of political ideas and are bound by a set of obligations legitimatised by the law of the state.\t\t\tFor example, the Constitution of India that is representative of the collective will of the people has adopted democracy and secularism, among other ideals, as its goals.\tCommon political identity\xa0− The citizens share a common political identity irrespective of their religious, linguistic groups.For example, a Sikh from Punjab, a Muslim from Uttar Pradesh and a Hindu from Karnataka share a common political identity of being Indian irrespective of their different religious and linguistic groups. | |