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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Swadeshi movement was an Indian nationalist campaign, launched in 1905 against the Partition of Bengal, advocating the boycott of British goods and use of indigenous products.
- What triggered the Swadeshi movement?
- What were the main techniques of the Swadeshi movement?
- How did the movement relate to the Moderate–Extremist split?
- What was the lasting significance of the Swadeshi movement?

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1. 7 August 1905

   The Swadeshi movement (from swadeshi, "of one's own country") was the first mass political agitation of the Indian national movement, formally inaugurated at…

2. 16 October 1905

   It was the direct response to Lord Curzon's announcement of the Partition of Bengal, which took effect on and split the province along communal lines, separ…

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On 7 August 1905, Indian nationalists meeting at Calcutta Town Hall passed the Boycott Resolution against British goods, launching the Swadeshi movement in protest at Lord Curzon's Partition of Bengal.

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