Bhole in his book Essays on Gandhian Socio-Econic has identified five phases of the
Swadeshi movement, in which first three phases (first phase--1850 to 1904, second phase 1905 to 1917, third phase--1918 to 1947) are up to the year of Indian independence and later two phases (forth phase--1948 to 1991, fifth phase--1991 onwards) included to post independence era (Bhole, 2000, as cited in "
Swadeshi Movement," n.d.).
He has sacrificed his two sons for the
Swadeshi Movement but Munshi-Ji brings even him to sit with Ramanath along the bank of the Ganges beneath a banyan tree.
The RSS will observe Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary by focusing on the
swadeshi movement. It won't tell you though Swadeshi was meant to stifle the British economy.
"Utmost care has been taken to ensure (the)
Swadeshi movement and it has been ensured that Patanjali products reach into every home without compromising on policies and business ethics," he said.
A poster of the 1920s and '30s, enunciating the spirit of the
Swadeshi movement. It depicts Bharat Mata spinning cotton and being crowned by angels, while a British woman departs on her boat carrying a bale of yarn saying: "I am not sold, India can spin better." Collection of the Museum of Art & Photography (map), Bangalore.
Steeped in the historical flavour of the time -- with Rabindranath Tagore's tryst with the
swadeshi movement that led to founding the school to Nandalal Bose's rendering for the Indian National Congress -- the show is significant on many levels.
Gandhi started the
Swadeshi movement: Be Indian, buy Indian
nation with the
Swadeshi movement and promoted the use of national made
Tagore's novel Ghare Baire is set during the beginning of the Nationalist or
Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, which historically begins around 1903, and stretches through to 1908.