Question

What virtues did the Swadeshi Movement instils among the Indians?

Answer 1

Hint:
The Swadeshi movement in Bengal against Lord Curzon 's declaration of the partition of Bengal in July 1905 was launched by the Indian National Congress.


Complete step by step solution:

What?
The Swadeshi Movement was launched as a protest campaign that gave the country's Boycott movement a lead as well. This has contributed to the use of products manufactured in India and the burning of goods produced in Britain.

Virtues of Swadeshi Movement-

1. Shift in strategy:
A turning point in modern Indian culture was the revolution. In more ways than one, it proved to be a "leap forward."
There were previously untouched categories, such as students, women, workers, some sections of the urban and rural population.
During the Swadeshi Movement, the pattern of the national movement changed from conservative liberalism to political populism, from progressive movements to incipient socialism, from petitions and prayers to passive opposition and non-cooperation.

2. Indigenous industry growth:
Anti-partition agitation has paved the way for indigenous industry production, such as the Bengal Chemical Stores of Acharya PC Ray. By that the reliance on foreign commodities, this inculcated a sense of self-reliance.

3. The growth of national education:
The demand for national education was also increased by the movement and various national schools and colleges arose in different sections.
The movement led, under Rabindranath Tagore, Rajani Kanta Sen etc., to the flourishing of Bengali literature.

4. Attainment of swaraj:
Swadeshi, as a strategy, was a key focus of Mahatma Gandhi, who described it as the soul of Swaraj (self-rule). It became an important instrument for the Indian National Movement's Gandhian movements.

In achieving its immediate goals, the Swadeshi Movement was not successful, but it provided a forum for the fight for national independence. It later showed the way for nationalist leaders to train the masses under Gandhiji 's leadership for the next phase of fighting.

Note:
The movement introduced a whole range of tactics that were later related to Gandhian politics: non-cooperation, passive opposition, British jail filling, social change and positive work.
With most leaders either imprisoned or exiled by 1908 and with Aurobindo Ghosh and Bipin Chandra Pal withdrawing from active politics, the movement was made leaderless.