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swadeshi

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Swa⋅de⋅shi

[swuh-dey-shee]
–noun
a political movement in British India that encouraged domestic production and the boycott of foreign, esp. British, goods as a step toward home rule.

Origin:
1900–05; < Hindi or Bengali svadesī, equiv. to sva- self, own + desī native
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