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The initiative failed due to British diplomacy and communal conflict between Muslims and Hindus that eventually led to the second partition of Bengal. Bengal Presidency 1858. The Partition of Bengal Presidency in 1947 resulted in Bengal's division on religious grounds, between the India and Pakistan prominently called Radcliffe's line.
The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was essentially aimed at debilitating the Bengali nationalists, who were part of the Congress party. However, Curzon's plan did not work at the time as intended because it only further encouraged the extremists within Congress to resist and rebel against the colonial government.
Following the partition of Bengal between the Hindu-majority West Bengal and the Muslim-majority East Bengal, there was an influx of Bengali Hindu/Bengali Muslim refugees from both sides. An estimation suggests that before the Partition, West Bengal had a population of 21.2 million, of whom 5.3 million, or roughly 25 percent, were Muslim ...
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English: Map of Bengal. The region is today divided between East Bengal and West Bengal. Also showing the state of Tripura and the three districts of Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj; part of Barak Valley in Assam, India.
The partition of Bengal in 1947 left a deep impact on the people of Bengal. The breakdown of Hindu-Muslim unity caused the All India Muslim League to demand the partition of India in line with the Lahore Resolution , which called for Bengal to be included in a Muslim-majority homeland.
English: A basic map of the Bay of Bengal intended for use with locator templates. Latitude extent: 31 to -4, longitude: 73.2 to 107. The coordinate system used is the equirectangular WGS 1984 (it makes it very easy to handle with the locator templates, but it's not really suitable for other uses).
Info This map is part of a series of location maps with unified standards: SVG as file format, standardised colours and name scheme. The boundaries on these maps always show the de facto situation and do not imply any endorsement or acceptance. In case of changes of the shown area the file is updated.