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PARTITION of BENGAL |
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Date-wise Events |
- July 19, 1905 - Lord Curzon, the then
Viceroy of India, announced the partition of Bengal, which
is conceived as a first step to dividing India on communal
lines.
- August 07, 1905 - Mild protests didn't
change the decision and time came to revolt. On 7th of
August 1905, a huge mob gathered for protest. The whole
incidence was witnessed by a great spiritual and
revolutionary person-Shri Aurobindo Ghosh.
- October 16, 1905 - The actual partition
took place on this day.
- April 14, 1906 - A full procession
wearing Vande Mataram badges gathered. Before it could
proceed, the police charged them in the cruelest manner with
police sticks.
- August 07, 1906 - The first anniversary
of the anti-partition movement; a big rally was organised at
Parsi Bagan Square (Greer Park) in Calcutta.
- 1911 - Due to these political protests,
the two parts of Bengal were reunited in
1911.
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Description |
- Hindus were outraged at what they recognised as a
"divide and rule" policy.
- A new partition which divided the province on
linguistic, rather than religious grounds followed, with the
Hindi, Oriya and Assamese areas separated to form separate
administrative units: Bihar and
Orissa Province was created to the west, and Assam
Province to the east.
- The administrative capital of British
India was moved from Calcutta to New Delhi
as well.
- In 1947, Bengal was partitioned for the second
time, solely on religious grounds, as part of the
Partition of India following the formation of the nations
India and Pakistan. In 1955, East Bengal became East
Pakistan, and in 1971 became the independent state
of Bangladesh after a successful war of
independence with West Pakistan.
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