1) From 1906, when the abrogation of partition was no longer in sight, the Swadeshi Movement took a different turn.
2) For many leaders, the movement was to be utilized for propagating the idea of the political independence or Swaraj across India
3) The constructive programmes came under heavy criticism from Aurobindo Ghose, Bipin Chandra Pal, and other militant leaders.
4) Under their new direction, the swadeshi agenda included boycott of foreign goods; boycott of government schools and colleges; boycott of courts; renouncing the titles and relinquishing government services; and recourse to armed struggle if British repression went beyond the limits of endurance.
5) The programme of this nature required mass mobilization. Using religion, combined with the invocation of a glorious past, became the essential features of their programmes.

1) During the freedom struggle, the idea of Swadeshi movement was conceptualized first during 1905 by a string of Congress leaders and then later in the 1920s under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
2) Swadeshi means 'of one's own country'. The origin of the idea can be traced to 1872 when Mahadev Govind Ranade, in a series of lectures in Poona, popularised the idea of Swadeshi. According to Ranade, the goods produced in one's own country should be given preference even if the use of such goods proved to be less satisfactory.
3) In the 1920s Gandhi gave a new meaning to the idea of Swadeshi by linking to the fulfillment of a duty that all Indians owed to the land of their birth.

1) The local public, angered over the arrest of the prominent swadeshi leaders, reacted violently. Shops were closed in a general show of defiance.
2) The municipality building and the police station in Tirunelveli were set on fire. More importantly, the mill workers came out in large numbers to protest the arrest of swadeshi leaders.
3) After a few incidents of confrontation with the protesting crowd, the police open fired and four people were killed.
4) On 7 July 1908, V.O.C and Subramania Siva were found guilty and imprisoned on charges of sedition.
5) Siva was awarded a sentence of 10 years of transportation for his seditious speech whereas v.o.c got a life term (20 years) for abetting him. V.O.C was given another life sentence for his own seditious speech.