Partition Of Bengal
PARTITION OF BENGAL
-Anandita Lidhoo,
10th ICSE,
Sreenidhi International School
2015
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Lord Curzon
3. Reasons behind the partition
4. The anti-partition movement
5. Boycott and Swadeshi movements
6. Reaction of the British government
7. Impact of the boycott and Swadeshi movements
8. Conclusion
9. Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
The decision to affect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took effect in October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. The Hindus of West Bengal who dominated Bengal's business and rural life complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Orissa. Indians were outraged at what they recognized as a "divide and rule" policy, where the colonizers turned the native population against itself in order to rule, even though Lord Curzon, the viceroy of India, stressed it would produce administrative efficiency. The partition animated the Hindus and led the Muslims to form their own national organization on communal lines. Bengal was reunited in 1911 in an effort to both appease the Bengali sentiment and have easier administration but it caused resentment among the Bengali Muslims who mistakenly thought that they benefited from the partition and the resentment lasted until the end of the British rule which ended with the partition of Bengal in 1947.
LORD CURZON
George Curzon was the eldest son of Baron Curzon. He was perhaps the most important British politician in modern times that failed in his quest to become prime minister. He was born in 1859 and proved to be a brilliant student. Curzon was an ambitious man who tended to see issues in stark terms. He took strong positions and would rarely acknowledge any middle ground. He became a force in the Conservative Party and
-Anandita Lidhoo,
10th ICSE,
Sreenidhi International School
2015
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Lord Curzon
3. Reasons behind the partition
4. The anti-partition movement
5. Boycott and Swadeshi movements
6. Reaction of the British government
7. Impact of the boycott and Swadeshi movements
8. Conclusion
9. Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
The decision to affect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took effect in October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. The Hindus of West Bengal who dominated Bengal's business and rural life complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Orissa. Indians were outraged at what they recognized as a "divide and rule" policy, where the colonizers turned the native population against itself in order to rule, even though Lord Curzon, the viceroy of India, stressed it would produce administrative efficiency. The partition animated the Hindus and led the Muslims to form their own national organization on communal lines. Bengal was reunited in 1911 in an effort to both appease the Bengali sentiment and have easier administration but it caused resentment among the Bengali Muslims who mistakenly thought that they benefited from the partition and the resentment lasted until the end of the British rule which ended with the partition of Bengal in 1947.
LORD CURZON
George Curzon was the eldest son of Baron Curzon. He was perhaps the most important British politician in modern times that failed in his quest to become prime minister. He was born in 1859 and proved to be a brilliant student. Curzon was an ambitious man who tended to see issues in stark terms. He took strong positions and would rarely acknowledge any middle ground. He became a force in the Conservative Party and