Write a short note on Swadeshi Movement

Instructions:

• Include the following points:
• Explain why the Swadeshi movement was launched.
• What were its objectives?
• How did people participate?

Solution: The Swadeshi movement was a direct consequence of the British India government's decision to partition Bengal in 1905. The two main goals of this movement were the use of Swadeshi goods and the boycott of foreign-made goods.

• The Anti-Partition Campaign was launched by Moderates to exert pressure on the government to prevent the unjust partition of Bengal from being implemented.
• However, Nationalists like Bipin Chandra Pal, Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai , and others, saw that the traditional moderate protest methods were not working and that there was a need for something greater in scale with a different strategy.
• Several protest meetings were held and a call was given for boycotting English cloth
• and salt. Calls for boycott and public burning of foreign clothing, as well as picketing of businesses selling foreign items, took place in many regions of the country.
• The advent of India's Swadeshi Movement had an immediate impact on sales of British goods. India saw the birth of numerous small and large-scale industries. With this, salt, sugar, matches, and other items were produced on a big scale in-house