The 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott' were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the

1. The question asks when 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott' were first adopted as methods of struggle. 2. The Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905 and took effect in October 1905. In response to this, a massive agitation erupted. 3. During this agitation, the concepts of 'Swadeshi' (promoting indigenous goods and institutions) and 'Boycott' (rejecting British goods, educational institutions, and government services) were formally adopted as key methods of struggle against British rule. This marked their first widespread use as organized political tools in the Indian nationalist movement. 4. While these methods were used later in movements like the Home Rule Movement, Non-Cooperation Movement, and during protests against the Simon Commission, their first significant adoption as primary strategies was during the anti-Partition of Bengal movement (1905-1908).