Why was the anti partition of Bengal movement named asSwadeshi movement? Discuss briefly,=Ans: The idea of partition of Bengal by the British government madegreat impact on the mind of the people of Bengal. The great leaders likeSurendra Nath Benarjee, Bipin Chandra Paul, Arabinda Ghose.Rabindranath Tagore etc. understood the conspiracy of the BritishGovernment. So, to create awareness among the people against thisconspiracy, they launched anti partition propaganda among the peoplethrough various meetings and writings realizing that the partition ofBengal would be a threat to the heritage of Bengalis and Hindu-Muslimunity as well. They protested in many ways against the idea of partitionof Bengal. But when it became clear that the government was adamant toimplement this partition, the anti government feeling rose gradually amongthe people of Bengal. Since the public opinion was disrespected, thewhole Bengal broke out into national movement against this partitionHindu-Muslim unity was put under threat and Bengali nationalism waswounded. Already their was dissatisfaction among the Indians and Curzoninterfered the rights of Indian on education, newspaper and local selfgovernment. His process of partition was also reactionary. Hence therewas a huge public protest and dissatisfaction against this partitionIrrespective of caste, creed and religion people plunged into thismovement. Thus movement became famous as Swadeshi movementbecause it was publicly recommended that Indians would unitedly boycottforeign goods and would start using home made goods made by Indians.​