Swadeshi Movement (aug 7, 1905 – dec 31, 1908)

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- With the passage of the Boycott Resolution formal Swadeshi movement started
- Led by Extremists like Tilak, Lala Latpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Aurobindo Gosh

- boycott of foreign goods like Manchester cloth and Liverpool salt, use of fairs, festivals, and melas for propaganda, corps of volunteers or 'Samitis'
1. Swadeshi Bandhab Samiti by AK Dutt
2. Swadeshi Sangam by VO Chidambaram Pillai

- emphasis on self-reliance
- launching national or swadeshi education like Bengal National College inspired by Tagore's Shantiniketan(1906) by Aurobindo Ghosh as Principal
- establishment of the National Council of Education
- Swadeshi enterprises : Chidambaram Pillai's Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in Tuticorin

- impact on cultural sphere
* Songs - Amar Sonar Bangla by Rabindranath Tagore, Sudesha Geetham by Subramania Bharati
* Paintings - Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose
* Science - Jagadish Chandra Bose, Prafullachangra Ray

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