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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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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Partition of Bengal may refer to the partition of the Bengal region on two occasions: Partition of Bengal ...
During the so-called twelve-lord period of Bengal, Pratapaditya was a quasi-independent ruler of Jashore who built up a significant local military force including a large fleet. Following the invasions of Man Singh and Islam Khan Chishti, the rein of Jashore passed to new landlords sanctioned by the Mughal empire .
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.
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Assembly met to decide on the partition of Bengal. ... the Japanese and controlled by the Provisional Government of Free India.
The Kolkata Partition Museum is an initiative dedicated to documenting the Partition of India from the Bengal perspective. Dissimilar to the Punjabi context, the Bengal province had been divided twice: once in 1905 , and then in 1947 .