Modern Indian History

Swadeshi Movement

1. The Swadeshi Movement involved programmes like the boycott of government service, courts, schools and colleges and of foreign goods,
2. Promotion of Swadeshi goods, Promotion of National Education through the establishment of national schools and colleges.
3. It was both a political and economic movement
4. In Bengal, even the landlords joined the movement
5. The women and students took to picketing. Students refused using books made of foreign paper.

Achievements of Extremists

1. They were the first to demand Swaraj as a matter of birth right
2. They involved the masses in the freedom struggle and broadened the social base of the National Movement.
3. They were the first to organize an all-India political movement, viz. the Swadeshi Movement.

Formation of the Muslim League (1906)

1. In December 1906, Muslim delegates from all over India met at Dacca for the Muslim Educational Conference
2. Taking advantage of this occasion, Nawab Salimullah of Dacca proposed the setting up of an organisation to look after the Muslim interests.
3. The All-India Muslim League was finally set up on December 30, 1906.