Swadeshi movement
E18744
The Swadeshi movement was a major early 20th-century Indian nationalist campaign that promoted the boycott of British goods and the use of indigenous products to resist colonial rule.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swadeshi movement canonical | 27 |
| Swadeshi | 2 |
| Khadi movement | 1 |
| Swadeshi agitation in Bengal | 1 |
| Swadeshi movement (cultural wing) | 1 |
| slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it" | 1 |
| swadeshi economic movement | 1 |
| swadeshi movement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swadeshi movement Context triple: [Indian independence movement, significantEvent, Swadeshi movement]
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A.
Non-Cooperation Movement
The Non-Cooperation Movement was a major mass protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in the early 1920s that mobilized Indians to withdraw from British institutions and boycott colonial rule as part of the struggle for independence.
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B.
Indian independence movement
The Indian independence movement was a decades-long struggle, led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, to end British colonial rule and establish a sovereign, democratic India.
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C.
Champaran Satyagraha
Champaran Satyagraha was a 1917 nonviolent peasant uprising in Bihar led by Mahatma Gandhi against oppressive indigo plantation policies, marking his first major civil disobedience movement in India.
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D.
Quit India movement
The Quit India movement was a mass civil disobedience campaign launched in 1942 demanding an end to British colonial rule in India, led prominently by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
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E.
Kheda Satyagraha
Kheda Satyagraha was a 1918 nonviolent peasant tax resistance movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat, led by Mahatma Gandhi as an early major campaign in India’s struggle for independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swadeshi movement Target entity description: The Swadeshi movement was a major early 20th-century Indian nationalist campaign that promoted the boycott of British goods and the use of indigenous products to resist colonial rule.
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A.
Non-Cooperation Movement
The Non-Cooperation Movement was a major mass protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in the early 1920s that mobilized Indians to withdraw from British institutions and boycott colonial rule as part of the struggle for independence.
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B.
Indian independence movement
The Indian independence movement was a decades-long struggle, led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, to end British colonial rule and establish a sovereign, democratic India.
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C.
Champaran Satyagraha
Champaran Satyagraha was a 1917 nonviolent peasant uprising in Bihar led by Mahatma Gandhi against oppressive indigo plantation policies, marking his first major civil disobedience movement in India.
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D.
Quit India movement
The Quit India movement was a mass civil disobedience campaign launched in 1942 demanding an end to British colonial rule in India, led prominently by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
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E.
Kheda Satyagraha
Kheda Satyagraha was a 1918 nonviolent peasant tax resistance movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat, led by Mahatma Gandhi as an early major campaign in India’s struggle for independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian independence movement
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boycott movement ⓘ economic nationalism movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalAspect |
composition of patriotic songs
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promotion of national education ⓘ use of rakhi-tying ceremonies in Bengal ⓘ |
| endTime | around 1911 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
British colonial economic policies in India
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Partition of Bengal 1905 ⓘ
surface form:
Partition of Bengal (1905)
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| hasEffect |
growth of Indian-owned banks and insurance companies
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politicization of the Indian middle class ⓘ spread of nationalist ideas beyond elites ⓘ stimulus to Indian textile mills ⓘ strengthening of extremist wing in Indian National Congress ⓘ |
| ideology |
Indian nationalism
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anti-colonialism ⓘ economic self-reliance ⓘ |
| influenced |
Civil Disobedience Movement
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Gandhian economic thought ⓘ Indian indigenous industries ⓘ Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Sri Aurobindo
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surface form:
Aurobindo Ghosh
Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ Bipin Chandra Pal ⓘ Chittaranjan Das ⓘ Gopal Krishna Gokhale ⓘ Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ Surendranath Banerjee ⓘ |
| location |
Bengal Presidency
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Bombay Presidency ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ Punjab ⓘ United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ⓘ |
| mainGoal |
boycott of British goods
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promotion of indigenous Indian products ⓘ resistance to British colonial rule ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British Raj
Lord Curzon ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
British economic exploitation of India
ⓘ
import of foreign manufactured goods ⓘ |
| participant |
Extremist faction of the Indian National Congress
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Indian National Congress ⓘ Indian business community ⓘ Indian middle class ⓘ moderate nationalists in India ⓘ students in Bengal ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| practice |
boycott of British liquor
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boycott of British salt ⓘ boycott of British sugar ⓘ boycott of British textiles ⓘ burning of foreign cloth ⓘ organization of public meetings and processions ⓘ promotion of Indian-owned enterprises ⓘ promotion of khadi ⓘ use of indigenous education institutions ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
anti-partition agitation in Bengal
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boycott resolutions at Indian National Congress sessions ⓘ |
| slogan |
Boycott
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Swadeshi movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Swadeshi
|
| startTime | 1905 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Swadeshi movement Description of subject: The Swadeshi movement was a major early 20th-century Indian nationalist campaign that promoted the boycott of British goods and the use of indigenous products to resist colonial rule.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Khadi movement
this entity surface form:
slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"
this entity surface form:
Swadeshi
this entity surface form:
swadeshi movement
this entity surface form:
Swadeshi
subject surface form:
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
this entity surface form:
Swadeshi agitation in Bengal
this entity surface form:
Swadeshi movement (cultural wing)
this entity surface form:
swadeshi economic movement