ICSE Class 10 Answered

As a result of the Swadeshi and Boycott movement, there was a spurt of nationalist poetry, prose and journalism. Many famous patriotic songs were written by nationalist poets like Rabindranath Tagore, Rajani Kant Sen, Syed Abu Mohammed and Mukunda Das. Many classic articles on freedom, liberty and self-reliance were produced in the press. Aurobindo Ghose fostered nationalist feelings through his writings. Bankimchandra’s novel ‘Anandmath’ though written earlier, was very much in demand because of the song ‘Bande Mataram’. It was seen as a war cry of the nationalists. Journals and newspapers like Kesari, Mahratta and Yugantar furthered the cause of the movement.