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Despite its widespread appeal, the Swadeshi movement lost momentum by mid-1908. Explain. (200 words)
The Decline of Swadeshi Movement till the arrival of 1908. The Swadeshi (which means one’s own country) movement was a political movement that started in 1905, initially aiming to amend the partition of Bengal. The movement was focused on boycotting foreign goods and getting a lifestyle of using natRead more
The Decline of Swadeshi Movement till the arrival of 1908.
The Swadeshi (which means one’s own country) movement was a political movement that started in 1905, initially aiming to amend the partition of Bengal. The movement was focused on boycotting foreign goods and getting a lifestyle of using nation produced goods, however this movement had it’s own share of fallbacks that led to its irrelevance.
First and foremost was it’s decentralized leadership. Then the down trail of emotional aspects like switching adopting nation produced goods to violent, fierce nationalism but we have to remember that this moment wasn’t inherently violent. The extremist faction of this movement like Tilak, Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Aurobindo Ghosh believe in boycotting foreign goods. Also, the arrest of these leaders led to dispersion of feeling of nationalism among the large masses. These arrests were indeed measures adopted to prevent the movement to spread nationwide which of course wasn’t achieved till 1908. The inner divisions of this movement took out the spirit of standing for sole independence and divided it into various objectives. Despite tis this moment remembered for constructing Indian nationalism and the following struggles of independence.
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