The Swadeshi Movement is an economy strategy
aimed at removing the British empire from power
and improving economics conditions in India.
5 phases of Swadeshi Movement:
- 1852 to 1904: Known as first Swadeshi Movement.
- 1905 to 1917: This phase began because of the partition of Bengal.
- 1918 to 1947: Rise of Indian industrialists.
- 1948 to 1991: Widespread curbs on international and interstate trade.
- 1991 onwards: Liberalization and Globalization and Growth of Industrialization.
Lokmanya Tilak
2. What is Swadeshi Movement?
The Swadeshi Movement is an economy strategy
aimed at removing the British empire from power
and improving economics conditions in India.
5 phases of Swadeshi Movement:
- 1852 to 1904: Known as first Swadeshi Movement.
- 1905 to 1917: This phase began because of the partition of Bengal.
- 1918 to 1947: Rise of Indian industrialists.
- 1948 to 1991: Widespread curbs on international and interstate trade.
- 1991 onwards: Liberalization and Globalization and Growth of Industrialization.
3.
4. Boycott Foreign
Goods
Cloth Salt or Suger
In 7 Auguest 1905 :
Massive meeting held in Calcutta townhall
Passage of boycott Resolution
5. Lokmanya Tilak
Poona and Bombay
Lala Rajpat Rai
Panjab
Chidambaram Pillai
Madras
The movement spread to other parts of the country :
6. Implement of Swadeshi Movement:
• Swadeshi Movement was launched as a protest movement which also
gave a lead to the Boycott movement in the country.
• Boycotted using foreign products.
• Prohibited children to attend British schools and boycotted British education
system.
The credit for starting the Swadeshi Movement goes to Baba Ram Singh of the Sikh
Namdheri.
7. Extremist Movement
Bal Gangadhar Tilak became the
leader of extremist movement group in
the congress. He was born in 1856 in
Maratha. When the swadeshi
movement started he strongly opposed
to the milder policies of the congress.
He strongly recommended the militant
method of agitation. Many like minded
congress men became his followers.
Men like Lala Lajpat Rai of the Punjab
and Bipin Chandra Pal of Calcutta
turned his blind followers.
8. Reasons of the extremist movement :
• Some of the Congress leaders, specially the younger, were greatly disappointed with the
attitude of the British Government towards their demand.
• The misery and suffering caused by the famines of 1896-98 and bubonic plague around
the same time also greatly agitated people.
• The ill-treatment meted out to Indians in foreign countries, especially South Africa, also
gave fillip to the extremist movement.
• The Congress leaders learnt that even countries like America, Germany, Italy, France,
and Britain had to resort to force to gain independence or preserve democracy. They
had to pass thought violent struggle to gain independence.
9. H o m e R u l e - S w a r a j M ov e m e n t
• Swaraj-self-governance or self-rule, home-rule. Gandhi's
concept for Indian independence from foreign domination
• Swarajist- C.R. Das & Motilal Nehru
• Gandhi's vision:
I. Forcing the British to quit India;
II. Using only the nonviolent means;
III. Training people to be good human beings by self-control
IV. self-government charged with the responsibility of
protecting the human rights
V. Educating people to give priority to their duties towards
others including nature; and
VI. Organizing the society and economy of free India in such
a way that the basic needs (food, clothing, shelter, health,
education, security, and self-esteem) of all were met
satisfactorily and on a priority basis.
10. Contribution of Subhash Chandra Bose
worked under the leadership of Chittaranjan Das, an
active member of the Congress in Calcutta
Dispute with the Congress-In 1928, during the Guwahati
Session
joined the Disobedience Movement under the influence
of Gandhiji, Although he was selected in Indian Civil
Services.
Arrested in Calcutta due to his activities. He approached
Russia and Germany for help. He provided leadership to
the Indian National Army after he went to Japan in 1943.
He organized soldiers and formed provisional
government in October 1943.
11. Significance
The Swadeshi Movement had deep rooted effect on the national life of
India.This movement proved a great success.It united people of India to
fight against the British rule.The significance of Swadeshi Movement were:
• Swadeshi Movement brought a new dimension to the Indian freedom movement.
• The more successfull was of this boycott movement was the boycotting of forign
goods specially clothes.
• The terrorist secret socities like “Anushilon Samity” and “Jugantar Dal” got their
chances of rising.According to Will Durant,' it was in 1905 that the Indian revolution
began'.
• By this movement every Indian made themselves Self Reliable and Self Powered.
• It give a move to the normal Indian to come in the first row for Swaraj by using
volunteer organization like “ Swadesh Bandhab Samiti “ in Bengal.
• This Movement was a source of inspiration for next generation and its political
thinking.
• This movement had deep impect on Bengal's social and cultural life.
12. We can say that Swaeshi Movement was the real start of
the nationalist movement of India and it was so special
because first time in the history of India , the farmer's and
women's participation happened in this large volumn.This
movement also effected the indian society and its
intelectual category to restart thinking about orientalist art
and culture of India.