Short summary of Swadeshi Movement & National Education

The Swadeshi Movement went beyond boycotting British goods and created a major shift in Bengal’s education system. When R.W. Carlyle warned students not to join the movement, they protested and formed the Anti-Circular Society under Rabindranath Tagore. Nationalist leaders like Bipin Chandra Pal and Tagore encouraged students to leave British-run schools. Satish Chandra Mukherjee started the Dawn Society, promoting national education and opposing Curzon’s University Act. As a result, national schools like Banga Jatiya Vidyalay and many others spread across Bengal. By 1906, the National Education Council and Bengal National College (led by Aurobindo Ghosh) were formed. Overall, the Swadeshi era saw the rise of 62 national secondary schools, 3,000 primary schools, and institutions like Jadavpur University, inspiring similar education movements across India.

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