Swadeshi A home made product; A preindependence movement to further the use of Indian-made items, particularly cottage-industry products, such as hand-loomed cloth, and to oppose British-made goods. Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993) Founder of Chinmaya mission that propagated Vedantic philosophy, ...
Simple hand-spun and hand-woven saris became high fashion, first in Calcutta and elsewhere in Bengal and then all across India, and displaced the finest Lancashire garments, which were now viewed as hateful imports. The swadeshi movement soon… Read More Pal In Bipin Chandra Pal …he popularize...
who believed in working toward constitutional reforms with the guidance of the British government, the extremists demanded an end to British rule and wanted swaraj (self-governance) for India, which they believed could be achieved through swadeshi (a make-in-India movement to increase self-reliance...
The Indian National Congress is a broadly based political party of India. Formed in 1885, it dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain. It subsequently formed most of India’s governments from the time of independence and often ha
He worked as a civil servant for 12 years, during which he served as the deputy collector of Ahmedabad (now in Gujarat). Role in the Indian Independence Movement Desai strongly believed in Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance, to the extent that he resigned from ...
During its first several decades, the party passed fairly moderate reform resolutions, though many of its members were becoming radicalized by the increased poverty that accompanied British imperialism. In the early 20th century the party began to transform into a nationwide movement in response to ...
The noncooperation movement also drew support from the Khilafat movement, which was mobilizing Muslim protest against the dissolution of the Ottoman empire after World War I. Gandhi’s solidarity with the Khilafat movement helped strengthen Hindu-Muslim unity during this phase of the independence ...
In the early 20th century the party began to transform into a nationwide movement in response to thepartition of Bengal(1905–11). An “extremist” faction emerged within the Congress Party, consisting of the “Lal Bal Pal” trio (Lala Lajpat Rai,Bal Gangadhar Tilak, andBipin Chandra Pal) ...