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Swadeshi Movement

Anti-partition movement which was started to oppose the British decision  to partition Bengal . The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made in August 7, 1905 at the Calcutta Town Hall, in Bengal. Boycott movement was also launched along with the Swadeshi movement. The movements included using goods produced in India and burning British-made goods In Andhra Pradesh, the Swadeshi movement was also known as Vandemataram movement Leaders Lal Bal Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh The extremists wanted to extend the boycott to all over India and go beyond a boycott of foreign goods to become a full-fledged political mass struggle with the goal of attaining swaraj The slogan was “ Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!” by Bal Gangadhar Tilak “ Political freedom is the life breath of a nation ,” declared Aurobindo Ghosh In Calcutta session of 1906, under the leadership of Dadabhai Naoroji, Congress adopted Swaraj as the Goal of Indian people. Questions 1...