Question

2.
Why was Bengal divided and what were its main
impacts?​

Answer 1

Answer:

October 16, 1905 is an important date for Bengal. The then Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon decided to divide the region in a way that the western part was home to the Hindu majority area and the eastern part for the Muslim majority. ... Thus the partition was promoted for administrative regions.

The partition was carried through despite the agitation, and the extreme opposition went underground to form a terrorist movement.The final division of Bengal at the partitioning of the subcontinent in 1947, which split Bengal into India in the west and East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) in the east, was accompanied by intense violence

Explanation:

However, the disagreements between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal which had sparked the Partition of Bengal in 1905 still remained and laws, including the Partition of Bengal in 1947, were implemented to fulfil the political needs of the parties involved