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Q: How was clothing instrumental in triggering off the swadeshi movement in Bengal explain?
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Names of two women participants in the swadeshi movement?

Sorojini Naidu and Kalpana Datta were among the Swadeshi movement.


Is swadeshi movement included in Non-Cooperation?

actually here question wants to expalin how swadeshi movement is similar to non cooperation.


How did the Swadeshi movement broaden the base of the national movement?

according to mahatma Gandhi swadeshi had 3 main dominions : religious, political and economic in the sphere of economics , swadeshi means that we should use only those things which are produced by our countrymen within the borders of India. Gandhi launched swadeshi movement to get over poverty and unempolyment in India. his attachment to village industries , especially khadi ( hand woven cloth) was intense and deep. he suggested the modern compititive industrialises should be replaced by small scale production. hand spun cloth, he said could provide employment to millions of Indians's. in the context of growing problem of poverty and unemployment , greater success shall have to be laid in indigenous industry


What was the importance of spinning wheel in Indian National Movement?

The spinning wheel symbolised self-reliance. It was a potent instrument to reach out to people to promote swadeshi or native goods. That way it hurt the British interests most when it resulted in boycott of foreign goods.


Why did Gandhi made people burn English clothes?

The Khadi movement aimed at boycotting foreign goods and promoting Indian goods, thereby improving India's economy. Mahatma Gandhi began promoting the spinning of khādī for rural self-employment and self-reliance (instead of using cloth manufactured industrially in Britain) in 1920s India thus making khadi an integral part and icon of the Swadeshi movement.