History suggests that nationalism rose in Soviet Union which also lead to an embrace of communism. However the idea of nationalism was opposed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
Nationalists worked in India to overthrow British rule. This lead to the freedom struggle.
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Yemen became an independent country in 1918. Initially it was known as North Yeme as South Yemen was controlled by the British.
Mustafa Kemal Ataruk- He laid the founding principles of republic of Turkey. Although there is no particular or precise idea of who laid the principles, it is said that his version of nationalism was the foundation stone for nationalism in Turkey.
Sun Yat - sen was a politician, physician and philosopher in China who was the interim first president to the Republic of China and the very first leader to Kuomintang.
