Nationalism in india

Symbols of Nationalism In Present Day–to-Day Life

(After Independence)

NATIONAL ANTHEM

• Jana-Gana-Mana-Adhinayaka, Jaya HeBharata-Bhagya-VidhataPunjab-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha-Dravida-Utkala-BangaVindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-GangaUcchhala-Jaladhi TarangaTava Subha Name JageTava Subha Ashisha MageGahe Tava Jaya Gatha.Jana-Gana-Mangala Dayaka, Jaya HeBharata-Bhagya-Vidhata,Jaya He, Jaya He, Jaya He,Jaya Jaya Jaya, Jaya He 

 

The following is a translation of Rabindranath Tagore's rendering of the stanza:

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of India's destiny. The name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind, Gujarat and Maratha, of the Dravid and Orissa and Bengal; it echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, mingles in the music of the Yamuna and Ganga and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea. They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise. The salvation of all people is in thy hand, thou dispenser of India's destiny. 

Victory, victory, victory to thee. 

The National Emblem• The National Emblem of India is a replica of the Lion of Sarnath, near

Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The Lion Capital was erected in the third century BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot where Buddha first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation to the four quarters of the universe.

• The four lions (one hidden from view) - symbolizing power, courage and confidence - est orn a circular abacus.

• The abacus is girded by four smaller animals - guardians of the four directions: the lion of the north, the elephant of the east, the horse of the south and the bull of the west.

• The abacus rests on a lotus in full bloom, exemplifying the fountainhead of life and creative inspiration. The motto 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the emblem in Devanagari script means 'truth alone triumphs'.

INDIAN FLAGTiranga

The Indian flag was designed as a symbol of freedom

SAFFRON: the top layer - this color signifies COURAGE and SELFLESSNESS. India has a history of brave and loyal freedom fighters. Saffron indicates the strength of this nation and its will to give away all for the benefit of its people. Saffron is also the color of cloth worn by Holy men of India since ancient times.

WHITE: the middle layer - this color signifies PEACE and TRUTH. A nation with diverse ethnic and cultural groups. Rich history, 22 officially recognized languages and more than 300 dialects. Some people think there are only 15 official languages because the language panel on Indian rupee banknotes display the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India.

GREEN: the Last layer - the color signifies PROSPERITY and FERTILITY. A country ahead in every field and industry. Has names and people known for their achievement all over the world, a country that gives the best brains and population to almost every other nations' success. A success that isn't shared by most.

CHAKRA: the wheel in the center. Very well known as ASHOKA CHAKRA taken from the ASHOKA reign Pillar signifies Justice. The 24 Spokes signify 24 hours of a day.

SYMBOL OF NATIONALISM DURING

BRITISH RULE

Before independence

Charkha

The charkha was both a tool and a symbol of the Indian independence movement. The charkha, a small, portable, hand-cranked wheel, is ideal for spinning cotton and other fine, short-staple fibers, though it can be used to spin other fibers as well. The size varies, from that of a hardbound novel to the size of a briefcase, to a floor charkha. Mahatma Gandhi brought the charkha into larger use with his teachings. He hoped the charkha would assist the peoples of India achieve self-sufficiency and independence, and so used the charkha as a symbol of the Indian independence movement and included it on earlier versions of the Flag of India

Bharat Mata

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay & Bharat Mata

The identity of the

nation is most often

symbolized in a figure

or image. This helps

create an image with

which people can

identify the nation. It

was in the twentieth

century, with the

growth of nationalism,

that the identity of

India came to be

visually associated

with the image of

Bharat Mata The

image was first

created by Bankim

Chandra

Chattopadhyay.

Abanindranath Tagore & Bharat Mata

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Abanindranath Tagore

painted his famous image

of Bharat Mata. In this

painting Bharat Mata is

portrayed as an ascetic

figure; she is calm,

composed, divine and

spiritual. In subsequent

years, the image of

Bharat Mata acquired

many different forms, as

it circulated in popular

prints, and was painted

by different artists.

Devotion to this mother

figure came to be seen as

evidence of one’s

nationalism.

MUSICVande Mataram

In the 1870s he wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland. Later it was included

in his novel Anandamath and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal.

Moved by the Swadeshi movement

FLAG

Th

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The tricolour, officially adopted as the national emblem by the Congress . The

flag then unfurled had a band of

deep saffron to symbolize

courage and sacrifice, a band

of white imprinted with a blue charkha for truth, and a band of dark green for faith and chivalry.

On July 22, 1947 three weeks before Indian

Independence, the Constituent

Assembly adopted the tricolour as

India's National Flag, but

replaced the charkha with

the Asoka Chakra, which appears on the abacus of the Lion Pillar at

Sarnath.

Posters of nationalism

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This presentation was presented by Aparna Prasad