Swadeshi Movement-psc
1-It began as a anti-partition agitation in Bengal and boycott was first suggested by Krishnakumar Mitra in Sanjivni
in 1905.
2-The boycott of British products was followed by the advocacy of swadeshi and to buy indigenously produced goods as a patriotic duty.
Stages of Swadeshi Movement
1-1905-1909— Movement confined lo Bengal & launched as a protest movement
3-1910-1911—Swadeshi movement merged with revolutionary terrorist movement of 1”phase & led to foundation of numerous secret associations.
4-To encourage indigeneous industries, some Swadeshi Enterprises were setup viz. Calcutta Potteries, Bengal Chemicals and Bengal Lakshmi Cotton Mills. Swadeshi melas or lairs were held for selling handicrafts
5-Charkha (spinning wheel) came to typify the popular concern for country’s economic self-sufficiency.
6-The ‘Carlyle Circular’ withdrew giants and scholarships to educational institutions.
7- Hence, Nationalist educational institutes were founded, e.g. Bengal Technical Institute, Bengal National College and School with Aurobindo Ghosh as itsPrincipal
8-Rabindranath Tagore called for the observance of raksha-bandhan as a symbol of brotherhood
9-A large number of volunteer bodies or Samitis were founded. Swadesh Bandhav Samiti of Barisal founded by Ashwini Dint was the largest.
10-Anushilan Society had two branches. Pulin Das led the Dacca branch. Birendra Ghosh and Jatin Banerjee led the Calcutta Branch.
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