- Mukunda Das used cultural forms (songs) to spread nationalist and Swadeshi messages. - Chidambaram Pillai took concrete steps to build indigenous economic institutions (shipping company). - Tilak actively promoted Indian manufacturing and the use of Indian goods through public appeals and organizational efforts. - Lajpat Rai was a key leader advocating for the boycott of foreign goods as a political tool.
Match the following : (a) Mukunda Swadeshi Steam Naviga‐ (i) Das tion Company Swadeshi movement (b) B.G. Tilak (ii) against the use of foreign sugar Requested the Bombay (c) Lala Lajpat (iii) Mill owners to supply Rai dhotis at moderate rates (d) Chidambaram Pillai (iv) Composed patriotic songs
Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2020 · Topic: Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movement (Economic Swadeshi: Promotion of indigenous industries and national schools)
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Answer: B. (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
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