Religion and spiritualism, patriotism and nationalism, devotion to art and literature -these three qualities of Tagore family had great effect on the mind of Rabindranath since his boyhood days.
The mutiny of the Indian army in 1857 (First war of independence, according to Marx), defeat of the black bill of Lytton in 1850, and Revolt of the indigo cultivators in 1860 paved the way of the growth of nationalism amongst Indian intellectuals. Moreover, there were other socio-economic and political reasons behind this awakenning.
In the second half of the 19th century, British imperialism had got a strong hold on the soil of India. Previously the British began to collect money and raw material from India and
import finished goods from Great Britain. But, during the first half of the 19th century, labour unrest in Britain resulted in a shift of capital to India for greater profit. They started industries, railways and other machineries for exploitation of the resources of Great India to convert it to British India.
The British imported capital from their own country and in the second half of the 19th century constructed the railways, jute mills, cotton mills and began to exploit the Indian people. This gave rise to a nationalist movement. Surendranath Banerjee, Rajnarayan Basu, Anandamohan Basu, Dwarakanath Ganguly, Sibnath Shashtry, Bankimchandra, Nabinchandra, Hemchandra, Monamohan Basu, Nabagopal Mitra, and Dwijendranath, Ganendranath, Satyendranath, and Jyotirindranath of the Tagore family participated in the movement.
Gradually several organisations were formed. British Indian Association was formed in 1851, Indian League was formed in 1875, and Indian Association in 1876. These were the first political organisations. Though these organisations were formed by the rich and the affluent, they placed many demands to the British authorities.
The mutiny of the Indian army in 1857 (First war of independence, according to Marx), defeat of the black bill of Lytton in 1850, and Revolt of the indigo cultivators in 1860 paved the way of the growth of nationalism amongst Indian intellectuals. Moreover, there were other socio-economic and political reasons behind this awakenning.
In the second half of the 19th century, British imperialism had got a strong hold on the soil of India. Previously the British began to collect money and raw material from India and
import finished goods from Great Britain. But, during the first half of the 19th century, labour unrest in Britain resulted in a shift of capital to India for greater profit. They started industries, railways and other machineries for exploitation of the resources of Great India to convert it to British India.
Gradually several organisations were formed. British Indian Association was formed in 1851, Indian League was formed in 1875, and Indian Association in 1876. These were the first political organisations. Though these organisations were formed by the rich and the affluent, they placed many demands to the British authorities.
