Give the meaning of Boycott as used for the Boycott Movement in 1905 and mention its four fold programme.

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Boycott meant refusal to use foreign goods. The Swadeshi movement was in protest of the Government’s decision to partition Bengal had been made public in July 1905. It called for boycott of all British goods and buy Indian products only.
A four-fold programme of Boycott was advocated.
Boycott of English cloth, salt & sugar.
Rejection of English speech.
Rejection of government posts & seats in the legislative Council.
Social boycott of people who purchased foreign goods.

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