4 important achievements of the swadeshi movement

Though the tempo of the movement declined after mid 1908, it should not be considered a failure. Some of its major achievements being:

1. The movement largely broadened the base of the idea of nationalism and thus eroded the hegemony of colonial ideas and institutions.

2. The movement evolved several new methods and techniques of mass mobilizations and actions (such as passive resistance, non-violent, non-cooperation, the call to fill the British jails, social reforms etc.)

3. A number of Indian enterprises-industrial ventures as well as financial activities like ‘Swadeshi’ banks, insurance companies etc., took off the ground.

4. A number of National Schools were established to impart education following a parallel education system.

The Swadeshi Movement was only the first round in the popular struggle against colonialism.

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