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6th DEC 1931 BENGAL CONGRESS BOYCTTED BRITISH GOODS

The Origin of the Swadeshi Movement in India

by Puja Mondal Swadeshi Movement
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This article provides information about the origin of the Swadeshi Movement in India!
The Swadeshi Movement had its genesis in the anti-partition movement which was started to oppose the British decision to partition Bengal. The Government’s decision to partition Bengal had been made public in December 1903. They wanted to partition Bengal for administrative convenience but the real motive behind the partition plan was to weaken Bengal, the nerve centre of Indian nationalism.
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This was sought to achieve by dividing Bengal (i) On the basis of language and (ii) On the basis of religion. The effect of which would be to reduce Bengalis to a minority in Bengal itself and create a rift between Hindus and Muslims. The government announced partition of Bengal in July, 1905.
The decision escalated the protest meeting, leading to the passage of Boycott resolution in a massive meeting held in Calcutta townhall, and the formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made.
Leaders like Surendranath Banerjee, Ananda Mohan Bose, K K Mitra. Prithwischadra Ray attempted to bring the people of Bengal through addressing a huge gathering. Soon the movement spread to other parts of the country; in Pune and Bombay under Tilak, in Punjab under Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh, in Delhi under Syed Haider Raza and in Madras under Chaidamabaram Pillai.
The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal was dominated by the extremist. They put forward new forms of struggle. The movement mainly introduced boycott of foreign goods, and used public meetings and procession for mass mobilization. Self reliance or ‘Atma Shakti’, Swadeshi educations and enterprises, were emphasised on.
Several samities remained active to ensure mass participation and in the cultural sphere songs written by Rabindranath Tagore, Rajnikant sen, Dwijendralal Ray, Mukunda Das and others inspired the masses.
The movement got wide scale participation from the students and women too took active part in processions and picketing. Certain sections of Zamindars and Muslims too enrolled their participation. The movement roused people from slumber, and saw them taking bold political positions and participate in new forms of political work. Such protests were faced with the obvious consequence of severe repression by the government.
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