The formation of middle class could be explained by understanding the nature of national movement. The historical context of the development of middle classes in India is quite different from those in western world. In Europe, it came through industrial revolution. In case of India, it was 19th centaury under the patronage of British colonial rule that the middle classes beginning to emerge. The study of B.B. Mishra had shown four categories of middle class that are the commercial middle class, industrial middle class, landed middle class and the educated middle class. However, the middle class was mainly comprised of three sections: agricultural, industrial and professional.

[10:18 PM, 12/5/2017] Sushma DD Jain: educated middle class members. It included doctors, teachers, professors, managers, clerks, engineers, chemists, technologies, journalists and others. They formed new social group, which evolved in Indian society during the British period. These social groups linked up with modern industry, agriculture, commerce, finance, administration and press and other section of the new social life were unknown to pre-British India society since such a social, economic and class system did not then exist.