Previous Year Question
The British journalist H.W. Nevinson was associated with
Non-Co-operation Movement
Civil Disobedience Movement
Swadeshi Movement
Quit India Movement
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
Henry Woodd Nevinson (H. W. Nevinson) was a British journalist, writer and war correspondent. He arrived in India in October 1907, when the Swadeshi Movement and nationalist politics arising from opposition to the Partition of Bengal were passing through an important phase.
Nevinson was not a leader of an Indian political organisation; in the context of this question, his association with the Swadeshi Movement was as a journalist and direct observer. He came to India to understand and report on the growing political discontent and nationalist opinion.
During his journey through India, he met prominent nationalist leaders such as Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Aurobindo Ghose, and observed nationalist activity from Bengal to Madras and Bombay.
He also witnessed a Swadeshi meeting at Marina Beach in Madras on 23 November 1907, organised on the occasion of the release of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh. A large crowd attended the meeting and Vande Mataram was sung.
He recorded his experiences of India and the nationalist movement in his book The New Spirit in India, published in 1908. The work contains extensive discussion of the Partition of Bengal, Swadeshi, boycott and contemporary Indian nationalism.
Therefore, among the given options, H. W. Nevinson was associated with the Swadeshi Movement.