Chapkans

Jnanadanandini Devi

Jnanadanandini [on left] with her husband

Satyendranath Tagore

Brahmika sari

British-run indigo factory in India

Slave Laborers Harvesting And Drying Indigo

KHADI

SWADESH MOVEMENTThe Swadesh Movement had its

genesis in the anti-partition movement

which was stated to oppose the

British decision to partition Bengal.

The official reason given for the

decision was that Bengal with a

population of 78 million (about a

quarter of the population of British

India) had become too big to be

administered.

This was true to some extent, but

the real motive behind the partition

plan was the British desire to weaken

Bengal, the nerve centre of Indian

nationalism.

While addressing his followers, Gandhi

spins by hand

October 16, 1905, The Day The Partition Formally Came Into Force, Was Observed As A Day Of Mourning Throughout Bengal.People Fasted, Bathed In The Ganga And Walked Barefoot In Processions Singing vande Mataram(Which Almost Spontaneously Became The Theme Song Of The Movement).