Explain the meaning of the Swadeshi concept.
The Swadeshi Movement was a strategy to remove the British rule from the Indian territory. The first Swadeshi movement was developed by Dadabhai Naoroji, Gokhale, Ranade and a few others, The second Swadeshi movement started with the partition of Bengal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon in 1905 and continued till 1911. This was a prominent focal point of Mahatma Gandhi who said the Swaraj is self-rule. It was launched as a protest movement which also gave way to the Boycott Movement. It was also called Vande Mataram Movement in Bengal.
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