The swadeshi movement

The Swadeshi Movement is an economy strategy
aimed at removing the British empire from power
and improving economics conditions in India.
5 phases of Swadeshi Movement:

- 1852 to 1904: Known as first Swadeshi Movement.
- 1905 to 1917: This phase began because of the partition of Bengal.
- 1918 to 1947: Rise of Indian industrialists.
- 1948 to 1991: Widespread curbs on international and interstate trade.
- 1991 onwards: Liberalization and Globalization and Growth of Industrialization.

Lokmanya Tilak

1. The Swadeshi Movement

2. What is Swadeshi Movement? The Swadeshi Movement is an economy strategy aimed at removing the British empire from power and improving economics conditions in India. 5 phases of Swadeshi Movement: - 1852 to 1904: Known as first Swadeshi Movement. - 1905 to 1917: This phase began because of the partition of Bengal. - 1918 to 1947: Rise of Indian industrialists. - 1948 to 1991: Widespread curbs on international and interstate trade. - 1991 onwards: Liberalization and Globalization and Growth of Industrialization.

3. Boycott Foreign Goods Cloth Salt or Suger In 7 Auguest 1905 : Massive meeting held in Calcutta townhall Passage of boycott Resolution

4. Lokmanya Tilak Poona and Bombay Lala Rajpat Rai Panjab Chidambaram Pillai Madras The movement spread to other parts of the country :

5. Implement of Swadeshi Movement: Swadeshi Movement was launched as a protest movement which also gave a lead to the Boycott movement in the country. Boycotted using foreign products. Prohibited children to attend British schools and boycotted British education system. The credit for starting the Swadeshi Movement goes to Baba Ram Singh of the Sikh Namdheri .

6. Extremist Movement Bal Gangadhar Tilak became the leader of extremist movement group in the congress. He was born in 1856 in Maratha. When the swadeshi movement started he strongly opposed to the milder policies of the congress. He strongly recommended the militant method of agitation. Many like minded congress men became his followers. Men like Lala Lajpat Rai of the Punjab and Bipin Chandra Pal of Calcutta turned his blind followers.

7. Reasons of the extremist movement : Some of the Congress leaders, specially the younger, were greatly disappointed with the attitude of the British Government towards their demand. The misery and suffering caused by the famines of 1896-98 and bubonic plague around the same time also greatly agitated people. The ill-treatment meted out to Indians in foreign countries, especially South Africa, also gave fillip to the extremist movement. The Congress leaders learnt that even countries like America, Germany, Italy, France, and Britain had to resort to force to gain independence or preserve democracy. They had to pass thought violent struggle to gain independence.

8. Home Rule-Swaraj Movement Swaraj-self-governance or self-rule, home-rule. Gandhi's concept for Indian independence from foreign domination Swarajist - C.R. Das & Motilal Nehru Gandhi's vision: Forcing the British to quit India; Using only the nonviolent means; Training people to be good human beings by self-control self-government charged with the responsibility of protecting the human rights Educating people to give priority to their duties towards others including nature; and Organizing the society and economy of free India in such a way that the basic needs (food, clothing, shelter, health, education, security, and self-esteem) of all were met satisfactorily and on a priority basis.

9. Contribution of Subhash Chandra Bose

10. Significance The Swadeshi Movement had deep rooted effect on the national life of India.This movement proved a great success.It united people of India to fight against the British rule.The significance of Swadeshi Movement were: Swadeshi Movement brought a new dimension to the Indian freedom movement. The more successfull was of this boycott movement was the boycotting of forign goods specially clothes . The terrorist secret socities like “Anushilon Samity” and “Jugantar Dal” got their chances of rising.According to Will Durant,' it was in 1905 that the Indian revolution began'. By this movement every Indian made themselves Self Reliable and Self Powered. It give a move to the normal Indian to come in the first row for Swaraj by using volunteer organization like “ Swadesh Bandhab Samiti “ in Bengal. This Movement was a source of inspiration for next generation and its political thinking. This movement had deep impect on Bengal's social and cultural life.

11. We can say that Swaeshi Movement was the real start of the nationalist movement of India and it was so special because first time in the history of India , the farmer's and women's participation happened in this large volumn.This movement also effected the indian society and its intelectual category to restart thinking about orientalist art and culture of India.

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