explain the features of the Boycott and Swadeshi Movement.

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Boycott and Swadeshi were two faces of the same coin of the non- violent method used by Mahatma Gandhi:
Swadeshi movement: The term "Swadeshi" means the use of indigenous goods or domestic goods.The concept was used by Mahatma Gandhi to wage non-violent war against the British government. He knew that the main interest of the British in India was trade. He asked the people to boycott the foreign goods and use the goods made in India.
Boycott: To cripple the trade of colonial government, Mahatma Gandhi advocated the method of boycott or negative discrimination of British goods

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