HISTORY
MOVEMENT
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the British massacred innocent people at Jallianwala Bagh
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the British government did not grant responsible government in India
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Lord Curzon divided Bengal
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of de-industrialisation in India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Option c-Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India divided Bengal on the pretext of their Divide and Rule policy. They divided the Muslims populated areas and Hindu populated areas. The Swadeshi movement was hence started as a method of protest against the partition.
Detailed explanation-2: -Major cause of Swadeshi movement can be attributed to the partition of Bengal in 1905 which was seen by the Indian nationalist as a divisionary tactics of Britishers to weaken the Bengali (Bhadralok) intelligentsia class which was seen as a cradle of Indian resistance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before the BML Government’s decision for the partition of Bengal was made public in December 1903, there was a lot of growing discontentment among the Indians. In response the Swadeshi movement was formally started from Town Hall, Calcutta on 7 August 1905 to curb foreign goods by relying on domestic production.
Detailed explanation-4: -This was a comprehensive movement that lasted 6 years. The swadeshi movement assumed its radical and mass form after 1905 following the contested spatial partition of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is Swadeshi Movement. Swadeshi Movement started after the partition of Bengal.