How was the idea of swaraj …

For middle classes in cities, the call of Swaraj led to boycott of government institution. In town the movement was relatively peaceful. everyone students, headmasters and lawyers left their jobs. The council elections were boycotted in most provinces. foreign products and clothes were boycotted and burnt, so the movement slowed down gradually due to lack of alternatives.


For the peasants and tribals, Swaraj meant not only freedom from British rule, but also at the hands of landlords. So they organized themselves and demanded reduction of revenue and abolition of beggar. in the countryside there were the houses being attacked. So the tribals started guerilla resistance movements they had been deprived of access to forest and its resources. 
 

Swaraj was the term which meant different things to different people. ... (ii) Peasants - Reduction of land revenue was swaraj for small peasants. (iii) Tribals- Getting their traditional rights over forests were swaraj for the tribals living near forests. The council elections were boycotted in most provinces. foreign products and clothes were boycotted and burnt, so the movement slowed down gradually due to lack of alternatives. For the peasants and tribals, Swaraj meant not only freedom from British rule, but also at the hands of landlords.