Multiple choice

Swadeshi movement began during

  1. Anti - Bengal Partition Agitation

  2. Bihar partition agitation

  3. Dandi yatra

  4. None of these

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Explanation

The Swadeshi Movement (1905-1908) was launched as a direct response to Lord Curzon's partition of Bengal in 1905. It emphasized boycott of British goods and promotion of indigenous products, representing the first large-scale mass movement using economic nationalism as a political weapon. The movement marked a shift from moderate to extremist politics.