12 déc. 1911 - Annulment of Partition of Bengal 1911

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The Partition of Bengal paved resulted in a mighty upsurge in the country.
The day of partition i.e. 16 October 1905 was considered the day of mourning throughout Bengal. People from all walks of joined the anti-partition campaign and walked barefoot on the streets crying Bande Mataram.
People tied Rakhis on each other’s hands to symbolify the unity between the two halves of Bengal.


Due to the relentless anti-partition movement, in 1911 the Partition of Bengal was annulled by King George and Bengal and Eastern Bengal were reunited.
Based on the linguistic lines, Bihar and Orissa were carved out of Bengal and made into separate provinces.
Likewise, Assam was also made a separate province.
The capital was moved to New Delhi.

The Partition of Bengal marked the turning point in the history of Indian nationalism. Though the Partition was annulled in 1911, it created a permanent division between two major communities – Hindus and Muslims. In 1947, Bengal has partitioned again wholly on the basis of religion.


{Bengal's Muslims were shocked because they had seen the Muslim majority East Bengal as a sign of the government's eagerness to protect Muslim interests.
They saw this as the government sacrificing Muslim interests in order to appease Hindus and make administrative life easier.
Muslim leaders were initially opposed to the partition. After the creation of the Muslim-majority provinces of Eastern Bengal and Assam, prominent Muslims began to see it as advantageous.
During the United Bengal period, Muslims, particularly in Eastern Bengal, were backward. The Hindu protest against partition was interpreted as meddling in a Muslim province.
The British attempted to appease Bengali Muslims who were dissatisfied with the loss of eastern Bengal by relocating the capital to a Mughal site.
Despite the annulment, the partition did not create a communal divide between Bengal's Hindus and Muslims.}

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