Question

Which of the following was the result of the Swadeshi Movement?

1. Setting up of iron and steel industry by jamshedji Tata
2. Setting up of Bengal chemical works
3. Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in Tamil Nadu

• A. 2, 3
• B. 2 only
• C. All of these
• D. 1 only

Answer 1

Answer:

C. All of these

Swadeshi movement

• The major strategy adopted for the anti- partition movement in Bengal in 1905 was the boycott of foreign goods and consumption of indigenous products. As part of the agitation, foreign goods were collected and burnt publicly.

• It was during the Swadeshi Movement, that the Bengal Chemical Store in Bengal, the Tata Iron and Steel Plant in Maharashtra and the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in Tamil Nadu, were established