19 lugl 1905 anni - Partition of Bengal 1905

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The reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. Announced on 19 July 1905 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India, and implemented on 16 October 1905, it was undone a mere six years later.


The Bengal Presidency included the states of Bengal, Bihar, and parts of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, and Assam. It was British India's largest province

Got divided into Western Bengal as well as the provinces of Bihar and Orissa.
The second was Eastern Bengal and Assam.

The union of western Bengal with Orissa and Bihar reduced Bengali speakers to a minority.
Muslims, led by Dhaka's Nawab Sallimullah, supported partition, while Hindus opposed it.

Anti-Partition Movement was initiated on 7 August 1905. On that day, a massive demonstration against the partition was organised in the Town Hall in Calcutta.

Rabindranath Tagore wrote the famous song 'Amar Sonar Bangla,' which later became Bangladesh's national anthem.

Throughout Bengal, National Mourning was observed on 16 October 1905.

As a result of the partition, the Swadeshi and Boycott movements in the national struggle began.
Ananda Mohan Bose laid the foundation of a Federation Hall to mark the
indestructible unity of Bengal.

The partition succeeded in causing a communal schism in the country and even aided in the formation of the Muslim League in 1906.

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