Question

How far were the Assertive Nationalists responsible for the communal tension in India?

Answer 1

The assertive nationalists played an important role in the National Movement. But some of their actions marked a step back in respect of the growth of national unity.

The speeches and actions of some of the assertive nationalists annoyed some sections of Indians. For example, the propagation of Shivaji and Ganapati festivals by Tilak, Aurobindo Ghosh’s concept of India as mother and nationalism' as religion and the initiation of the Anti-Partitionagitation with dips in the Ganga did not appeal to some of the Muslims.