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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger The creation of a national identity in India has been hindered by at least these three internal and external factors. First, British influence and rule have contributed to India’s incongruity since long before Benjamin Disraeli officially proclaimed Queen Victoria empress of India in 1876. The alien British government was merely concerned with profits, not the greater well being of the Indian nation-state. Secondly, even if Indian identity …

…All of these barriers to national identity in one way or another actually played a role in strengthening Indian national identity. Many additional obstacles and corresponding strengths have participated in India’s nationalist development. British influence, religious conflict and the caste system in particular all revolve uniquely around the rights of man. They originally blocked nationalism, then led to it. During the change, they all actually strengthened the creation of a national identity in India.