Explain with reasons: Writing of the regional history received a momentum.

Reason: nationalistic historiography encouraged Indians to write the history of their own regions.

• Colonial historians had written Indian history from the British point of view and often presented Indians as inferior.
• In reply, nationalist historians like V.K. Rajwade, M.G. Ranade and V.D. Savarkar began to write Indian history using Indian sources, with pride in India's past.
• This nationalistic historiography gave a momentum to the writing of regional histories as well, for example the history of the Marathas, such as Justice M.G. Ranade's 'The Rise of Maratha Power'.
• The attention of historians was also drawn to the geographic conditions and history of the south Indian regions.

Thus the writing of regional history received a momentum.