Swadeshi movement

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Indian independence movement boycott movement economic nationalism movement political movement

The Swadeshi movement was a major early 20th-century Indian nationalist campaign that promoted the boycott of British goods and the use of indigenous products to resist colonial rule.

Aliases (4)

Swadeshi ×2
Khadi movement ×1
slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it" ×1
swadeshi movement ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian independence movement → boycott movement → economic nationalism movement → political movement →
country	India →
culturalAspect	composition of patriotic songs → promotion of national education → use of rakhi-tying ceremonies in Bengal →
endTime	around 1911 →
hasCause	British colonial economic policies in India → Partition of Bengal (1905) →
hasEffect	growth of Indian-owned banks and insurance companies → politicization of the Indian middle class → spread of nationalist ideas beyond elites → stimulus to Indian textile mills → strengthening of extremist wing in Indian National Congress →
ideology	Indian nationalism → anti-colonialism → economic self-reliance →
influenced	Civil Disobedience Movement → Gandhian economic thought → Indian indigenous industries → Non-Cooperation Movement →
keyPerson	Aurobindo Ghosh → Bal Gangadhar Tilak → Bipin Chandra Pal → Chittaranjan Das → Gopal Krishna Gokhale → Lala Lajpat Rai → Rabindranath Tagore → Surendranath Banerjee →
location	Bengal Presidency → Bombay Presidency → Madras Presidency → Punjab → United Provinces of Agra and Oudh →
mainGoal	boycott of British goods → promotion of indigenous Indian products → resistance to British colonial rule →
opposedBy	British Raj → Lord Curzon →
opposedTo	British economic exploitation of India → import of foreign manufactured goods →
participant	Extremist faction of the Indian National Congress → Indian National Congress → Indian business community → Indian middle class → moderate nationalists in India → students in Bengal →
partOf	Indian independence movement →
practice	boycott of British liquor → boycott of British salt → boycott of British sugar → boycott of British textiles → burning of foreign cloth → organization of public meetings and processions → promotion of Indian-owned enterprises → promotion of khadi → use of indigenous education institutions →
significantEvent	anti-partition agitation in Bengal → boycott resolutions at Indian National Congress sessions →
slogan	Boycott → Swadeshi →
startTime	1905 →
temporalContext	early 20th century →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bal Gangadhar Tilak → Lala Lajpat Rai → Surendranath Banerjee →	movement
Indian independence movement → Partition of Bengal 1905 →	significantEvent
Bipin Chandra Pal →	advocated
Sevagram Ashram ("Khadi movement") →	associatedWith
Lakshmi Insurance Company →	associatedWithMovement
Indian nationalism →	hasKeyEvent
Ghare-Baire →	historicalContext
Lal Bal Pal ("Swadeshi") →	ideology
Indian nationalism →	influencedBy
Bal Gangadhar Tilak ("slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"") →	knownFor
Bal Gangadhar Tilak →	participantIn
Lal Bal Pal →	partOf
Vande Mataram →	politicalAssociation
Home Rule movement →	precededBy
Swadeshi movement ("Swadeshi") →	slogan
Indian National Congress movement ("swadeshi movement") →	usedMethod