Is everyone who believes that Congressis are not the only people to fight against imperialist, a Hindutve fundoo?
I have posted reference regarding some famous battles where even non-congressis banded together and fought against invaders, even when they were not threatned by them. Why don't you refute that?
And don't give that crap of India being only 60 years old. Every nation is just an idea. UK is an idea which derives it's sustenance from preserving unity of a small island nation. Germany, Italy and France is idea about unity of people with same language. Poland about having a independent catholic country in the heart of orthodox christianity.
Nation-states may be a recent phenomenon but people of these nation states have a sense of nationhood against outsiders for quite a long time. English rose spontaneously against romans in bouddica rebellion and English + Scots threw off Roman yoke by waging war., Germanic tribes united under Armenius in battle of teutoburg forest to drive Romans out. Gallic tribes united against caser to maintain their independence. If you want to point out particular instances then British nationalism crystallized after their defeat in 100 year wars. Germanic and French during reign of Charlemagne , of India during Chanakyan era.
Just because our civilization was defeated 1000 years ago does not mean that things were so gloomy in past.