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Swadeshi Moment was the nationalist movement which started when the British Government announced the partition of Bengal. It was a massive movement which involved the participation from all the section of society from ranging from students, workers to the woman and other parts of the community. It was the first time that such a massive outcry took place in India that not only united the country but also helped the people to realize that it was a time when Britishers should leave India. Although the Swadeshi movement was massive, due to certain drawback, this movement ultimately lost its momentum. Nevertheless, it prepared the stage for future movements.
Story behind the movement
During December 1903, the British government decided to divide the Bengal into two states, East Bengal and West Bengal. The reasons given by the government were as follows:
Bengal being the most populated state (about 78 million), which was about one-fourth the population of the British India was difficult to administrate.
The national leader realized the real motive of the government which was to break the state into two parts on the lines of religion and language, thereby curbing the national movements.
swadeshi movement, part of the Indian independence movement and the developing Indian nationalism, was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi which had some success. Strategies of the Swadeshi movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes. L. M. Bhole identifies five phases of the Swadeshi movement.[1]
1850 to 1904: developed by leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji, Gokhale, Ranade, Tilak, G.V. Joshi and Bhaswat.K.Nigoni. This was also known as First Swadeshi Movement.
1905 to 1917: Began with and because of the partition of Bengal in 1905 by Lord Curzon.
1918 to 1947: Swadeshi thought shaped by Gandhi, accompanied by the rise of Indian industrialists.
1948 to 1991: Widespread curbs on international and inter-state trade. India became a bastion of obsolete technology during the licence-permit raj.
1991 onwards: liberalization privatisation and globalization. Foreign capital, foreign technology, and many foreign goods are not excluded and doctrine of export-led growth resulted in modern industrialism.