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Who founded Swadesh Bandhav Samiti?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Ashwin Kumar Dutta
  2. Pulin Das
  3. Surya Sen
  4. Barindra Ghosh

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Ashwin Kumar Dutta

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: A) Ashwin Kumar Dutta šŸ“š Explanation: The Swadesh Bandhav Samiti was a highly successful nationalist volunteer organization founded by the idealistic teacher and patriot Aswini Kumar Dutta in Barisal (now in Bangladesh) during the 1905 Swadeshi movement. The society had over 160 branches and worked effectively to promote domestic goods, resolve local disputes through arbitration, and enforce the boycott of British items. It was essential for grassroots mass mobilization.