Volume 2, Issue 7

Was Madras Benighted? The British Beauracratic control over the Swadeshi Press and Political Literature Madras Presidency, 1908-1912

Author

Dr.V.Venkatraman, Ph.D., D.Litt., Principal and Head Research Centre in History Rajaplayam Rajus’ College Rajapalayam

Abstract

Abstract: Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India partitioned Bengal on 16th October 1905 and this move created a strom of protest all over India. The people were aroused by the spirit of nationalism and were determined to fight the British to the end. The nationalists launched the Swadeshi Movement in 1906 and the Indian National Congress declared that year as the “Swadeshi Year”. ‘Swadeshi’, ‘Boycott’. ‘Swaraj’ and ‘National Education’ were the main objects of the Congress.  The Swadeshi Movement which originated in Bengal gradually spread to other parts of the nation.

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