Question

Name two associations that promoted the cause of swadeshi during the anti-partition movement. Just name them. No need to write the full incident.

Answer 1

Two associations that promoted the cause of swadeshi during the ‘anti-partition movement’:

1.    Swadeshi Wastu Pracharini Sabha headed by Lokmanya Tilak  

2.    Swadesh Bandhab Samiti started by Ashwini Kumar Dutt

Explanation:

The Swadeshi movement united the people of India. All the men, women and children actively participated in the movement. Lokmanya Tilak opened ‘cooperative stores’ and he spread the ‘message of swadeshi’ and he headed the ‘Swadeshi Wastu Pracharini Sabha’.  

Ashwini Kumar Dutt was a teacher in a school and spread the message of swadeshi by starting the Swadesh Bandhab Samiti. He was the leader of Muslim people in Barisal.