Bankim Chandra Chatterji made a significant contribution to the revival of the country's ancient past which constituted the bed-rock of the new nationalism. To the nascent nationalism of the country, Bankim Chandra Chatterji gave a moral orientation. Bankim Chandra Chatterji envisaged a moral society based on the welfare ideal where physical force is not altogether prohibited, but where enlightened public opinion regulates human relations.