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Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore.

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The above statement is True.
Nationalists in India started documenting folk tales recited by bards in the late nineteenth century, and they travelled to villages to collect folk songs and legends. They thought that these stories accurately depicted traditional society before it was harmed and distorted by outside influences. To find one's national identity and rekindle pride in one's heritage was crucial to sustaining this folk culture. Rabindranath Tagore personally spearheaded the folk revival movement in Bengal and started compiling ballads, nursery rhymes, and stories. The Folklore of Southern India, a vast four-volume collection of Tamil folktales, was published in Madras by Natesa Sastri. He considered folklore to be a form of national literature.

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