Template:Did you know nominations/Composite nationalism

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:37, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Composite nationalism

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Colonial India (1911)

• ... that the concept of composite nationalism, which holds that the Indian nation is composed of people of varying faiths and castes, led to a massive expansion of the Indian independence movement? SOURCE ONCE: "After his return to India in 1915 Gandhi extended the idea of a composite nationalism to include not only religious groups but castes and communities in general. ... One historian has argued that this allowed a massive expansion of the nationalist movement in India: 'Because Gandhi had a realistsic picture of India as a loose constellation of classes, communities and religious groups, he was able to activate the peoples of the subcontinent in a way no one had done before, or has since.'" SOURCE TWO: "One of the two was the dominant ideology of composite nationalism represented by the Indian National Congress. It was based on the belief that India with its vast diversities of religions, creeds, castes, sub-castes, communities and cultures represented a composite nation."
  • ALT1: ... that Mahatma Gandhi championed the concept of composite nationalism, which led to a massive expansion of the Indian independence movement? "After his return to India in 1915 Gandhi extended the idea of a composite nationalism to include not only religious groups but castes and communities in general. ... One historian has argued that this allowed a massive expansion of the nationalist movement in India: 'Because Gandhi had a realistsic picture of India as a loose constellation of classes, communities and religious groups, he was able to activate the peoples of the subcontinent in a way no one had done before, or has since.'"

Created by Anupam (talk). Self-nominated at 17:54, 7 April 2020 (UTC).

• Article is new and long enough. No QPQ needed, but it's always helpful to start doing them. Sourcing checks out. Though I think I prefer ALT1 as the hook. It ties in a well-known figure and I think that will draw in readers more than the somewhat wordy main hook. Mccunicano☕️ 03:45, 14 April 2020 (UTC)