India, Aug. 28 -- Nationalism, according to Wikipedia, has been a recurring face of every civilisation since very ancient time though the modern sense of national political autonomy and self-determination was formulized in late 18th century.
The concept of nationalism can be defined in many ways but in short it is a sense that requires oneness, feeling the goodness of the nation and its people, unity in diversity and respect, love and pride towards the nation by its citizens. Tara Chand describes it in his book 'History of the Freedom Movement in India' as a state of mind in which the supreme loyalty of the individual is due to the nation-state. (Vol2 page 552)
According to JC Johari, in his book 'Indian Politics' (Fifth Edi. 1996, page 2...