What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi movement?
- AThe partition of Bengal done by Lord CurzonCorrect
- BA sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak
- CThe arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the Punjab Colonization Bill
- DDeath sentence pronounced on the Chapekar brothers
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