Swaraj movement

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Indian independence movement anti-colonial movement political movement self-rule movement

The Swaraj movement was an early 20th-century Indian political campaign demanding self-rule and greater autonomy from British colonial rule, prominently associated with leaders like Motilal Nehru.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Swaraj movement canonical	2

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian independence movement ⓘ anti-colonial movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ self-rule movement ⓘ
aimedAt	ending colonial exploitation ⓘ establishing responsible government in India ⓘ
associatedWith	Annie Besant ⓘ Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ Home Rule movement ⓘ Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Motilal Nehru ⓘ Swaraj Party ⓘ
broaderStruggle	decolonization in Asia ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
demanded	end to arbitrary colonial policies ⓘ greater Indian participation in governance ⓘ legislative reforms ⓘ
goal	Swaraj ⓘ surface form: Swaraj (self-rule) greater autonomy from British rule ⓘ political self-determination for Indians ⓘ
historicalContext	British colonial rule in India ⓘ
influencedBy	Indian National Congress ⓘ
inspired	later mass movements for Indian independence ⓘ
keyConcept	national sovereignty ⓘ people’s participation in governance ⓘ political autonomy ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Sanskrit ⓘ
location	British India ⓘ
meaningOfName	self-rule ⓘ
opposedTo	British colonial rule in India ⓘ
politicalIdeology	Indian nationalism ⓘ self-governance ⓘ
relatedTo	Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ Indian independence movement ⓘ Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ
slogan	Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
usedMethod	constitutional agitation ⓘ parliamentary obstruction within colonial councils ⓘ public mobilization ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motilal Nehru → movement → Swaraj movement ⓘ

Lal Bal Pal → partOf → Swaraj movement ⓘ