A short table published in the "Statesman" Calcutta, showing how sale and purchase of British cloths stored in the mofussil towns in Sept. 1905, compared with the previous year, was given below:
Didtrict..........Value of goods purchased...............Value of goods
..........................in Sept. 1904 ......................purchased in Sep. 1905
Jessore.........Rs.30,000..................................Rs.2,000
Bogra............,,1,700.........................................Rs.200.
Dacca..........5,000..........................................Rs. 2,000
Arrah..........1,500................................................200
Hazaribagh..10,000........................................500
Nadia...........15,000.......................................2,500
Maldah.........8,000......................................1,300
Burdwan......6,000.......................................1,000
"The statesman's local enquirieswith the salt merchants of Hatkhola, Sovabazar, Calcutta, revealed a worse picture forBritishsalt in Dec.1908 published in the Times of 22 June, 1909,show that cotton piece-goods declined in quantities by 89,056,000 yards equal to 18.6 %.
By this time the boycott and swadeshi movement merged with the national movement launching the struggle for freedom which was indicated by the monthly report from Bengal for Sept. 1910. The boycott of British goods turned to boycott of British rule.
Repressive measures against students:
The first step taken by the Govt. towards the repression was to send a secret circular to the Magistrates and Collectors on 10 oct. 1905. This was issued under the signature of Mr. R.W.Carlyle,officiating chief secretary to the Govt. of Bengal, it was generally called the Carlyle Circular. The following the was text of this circularwhich earned unenviable notoriety for several years to come :
1. The students of schools and colleges were being used for political purposes. That was extremely subversiveof discipline and in the highest degree of injurioufs to to the interests of the boys themselves.
2. If any attempt be made by boys attending schools and colleges in your district request was being mafde to take action in connection with boycotting, picketing,and other abuses associated with the so called swadeshi movement, be seriously dealt with and all disciplinary actions to be taken, including the penal measures.
3. The respective authorities to be informed for taking appropriate measures.
At the same time Mr.Pedler, The Director of Public Instruction, wrote a letter, dated 21 oct. 1905, to the pricipals of certain colleges asking them to show cause why their students would not be expelled.
The publication of the Carlyle Circular had created a great sensation all over the country. Its effect had heightened by the issuance of the Pedler's letter. The public of Bengal took up the challenge without any delay.
A public meeting was held under the chairmanship of Abdul Rasul, in which eminent speakers like B.C.Pal (1858-1932) would address for opening an indepedent system of national education.
Didtrict..........Value of goods purchased...............Value of goods
..........................in Sept. 1904 ......................purchased in Sep. 1905
Jessore.........Rs.30,000..................................Rs.2,000
Bogra............,,1,700.........................................Rs.200.
Dacca..........5,000..........................................Rs. 2,000
Arrah..........1,500................................................200
Hazaribagh..10,000........................................500
Nadia...........15,000.......................................2,500
Maldah.........8,000......................................1,300
Burdwan......6,000.......................................1,000
"The statesman's local enquirieswith the salt merchants of Hatkhola, Sovabazar, Calcutta, revealed a worse picture forBritishsalt in Dec.1908 published in the Times of 22 June, 1909,show that cotton piece-goods declined in quantities by 89,056,000 yards equal to 18.6 %.
By this time the boycott and swadeshi movement merged with the national movement launching the struggle for freedom which was indicated by the monthly report from Bengal for Sept. 1910. The boycott of British goods turned to boycott of British rule.
Repressive measures against students:
The first step taken by the Govt. towards the repression was to send a secret circular to the Magistrates and Collectors on 10 oct. 1905. This was issued under the signature of Mr. R.W.Carlyle,officiating chief secretary to the Govt. of Bengal, it was generally called the Carlyle Circular. The following the was text of this circularwhich earned unenviable notoriety for several years to come :
1. The students of schools and colleges were being used for political purposes. That was extremely subversiveof discipline and in the highest degree of injurioufs to to the interests of the boys themselves.
2. If any attempt be made by boys attending schools and colleges in your district request was being mafde to take action in connection with boycotting, picketing,and other abuses associated with the so called swadeshi movement, be seriously dealt with and all disciplinary actions to be taken, including the penal measures.
3. The respective authorities to be informed for taking appropriate measures.
At the same time Mr.Pedler, The Director of Public Instruction, wrote a letter, dated 21 oct. 1905, to the pricipals of certain colleges asking them to show cause why their students would not be expelled.
The publication of the Carlyle Circular had created a great sensation all over the country. Its effect had heightened by the issuance of the Pedler's letter. The public of Bengal took up the challenge without any delay.
A public meeting was held under the chairmanship of Abdul Rasul, in which eminent speakers like B.C.Pal (1858-1932) would address for opening an indepedent system of national education.
