Patriotism or national pride is the feeling of love, devotion and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiment. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or historical aspects. this will provide a short summary of patriotism of India. These slides only tell about the patriotism of india only. loyalty towards our nation.

1. PATRIOTISM
V I D I S H A S I N G H
( A M I T Y U N I V E R S I T Y )

3. WHAT IS PATRIOTISM?
• Patriotism means loyalty of person to his/ her own
nation or the leaders of nation.
• Patriotism is an emotional attachment to a nation
which an individual recognizes as their homeland.
• Patriotism is the quality of being patriotic or vigorous
support for one’s country

4. WHO IS A PATRIOT ?
• A PAT R I OT I S P E R S O N W H O I S O N T H E S I D E
O F H I S / H E R O W N N AT I O N O R I T S
L E A D E R S .
• A PAT R I OT I S S O M E O N E W H O F E E L S A
S T R O N G S U P P O R T F O R T H E I R CO U N T R Y.
• A PAT R I OT I S A P E R S O N W H O V I G O R O U S LY
S U P P O R T S T H E I R CO U N T R Y A N D I S
P R E PA R E D TO D E P E N D I T AG A I N S T E N E M I E S
O R D E T R AC TO R S .
• A PAT R I OT I S A P E R S O N W H O LO V E S ,
S U P P O R T A N D D E F E N D S H I S O R H E R
CO U N T R Y A N D I T S I N T E R E S T A N D
D E V OT I O N .

5. IMPORTANCE OF
PATRIOTISM
The feeling of patriotism is
important for the freedom
of a country . A patriotic
person will always be
ready to sacrifice his life
for the love for his country.
A patriot is immortal. Men
love their own country.
This feeling for their
country is called patriotism
. Patriotism is one of the
best virtues of men.

6. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PATRIOTISM
AND NATIONALISM
•Patriotism is different from nationalism.
Nationalist thinks that every ethnic group
should have its own nation , so nations are to
serve the people. In the other words in
nationalism the nation is just a tool to have
freedom for an ethnic group, while in patriotism
the nation itselfs the highest value.

7. PATRIOTISM IN
INDIA
Patriotism is the great and
selfless passion of love for
one’s country . To an
Indian patriot his mother
and motherland are
superior even to heaven.
An Indian patriot is ever
ready to lay down his life in
the service oh his country,
India. Patriotism is not
mere passive love for the
country . A true patriot
,who loves India, is an

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUE PATRIOT
• It is not only on the field of battle , in defending his country,
that a true patriot finds work for his hand.
• The well being of his fellow citizens, their happiness, their
material , and moral progress, their spiritual salvation – these
are dearer to him than his own personal comforts and
advantages.
• At home , therefore , he labors day and night to lighten the
load of poverty of those around him, to lessen their pain of
weakness and suffering.
• A patriot does not seek to make his fellow citizens in every
way like himself. He dos not quarrel with his neighbor over
petty differences.

9. CONCLUSION
E V E R Y B O D Y M U S T H AV E PAT R I OT I C F E E L I N G
TO M A K E T H E CO U N T R Y A N D T H E M S E LV E S
E X I S T I N A M A N N E R .