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“The Anti-Partition Agitation (1909) had an economic character in Bengal unlike the Extremist Agitation in Maharashtra which had a religious character.” Examine.

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  • Early Indian Nationalism

The claim draws a real but overstated contrast: Bengal's anti-partition and Swadeshi agitation did lean heavily on economic boycott as its primary weapon, while Maharashtrian Extremism under Tilak did draw more consciously on religious idiom and festivals — yet neither movement can be reduced to a single character, since both were simultaneously economic, cultural, and…

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  • The Economic Character of the Bengal Agitation
  • The Religious-Cultural Character of Maharashtrian Extremism
  • Why the Dichotomy Should Not Be Overstated

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