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How did women participate in the anti-partition movement of Bengal ? How were the limitations of their movement ?​

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Answered by Rose08
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The participation of womenfolk was one of the remarkable features and an integral part of the anti-partition movement of 1905. It can be explained in the following points :-

  • Sarla Debi Choudhurani, the writer of Jibaner Jharapata, spread the dogma of nationalism in Punjab and maintained close links with a secret revolutionary society.
  • Apart of Sarla Debi, there were many other women who were a part in the struggle during the anti partition movement.
  • Generally, the women did not pretend to be deaf to the anti-partition movement. 16th October, 1905, the day of partition was observed as a day of protest by all the women throughout Bengal. Nearly about 500 women gathered in North Calcutta to observe the foundation of the Federation hall, a symbol of unity of the Bengali people, on the same day.
  • There are several other instances where even housewives came out and led processions openly on the streets. In a meeting, the women broke their glass bangles symbolising the boycott of foreign goods.
  • That is how, women played an important role in the revolutionary phase of the anti partition movement.
  • It is to be noted that direct participation of women in the movement was not feasible due to certain restrictions. It was limited to an extent because no one wanted to include women in the movement. First, women were not allowed by their male relatives to join the revolutionary society. Secondly, the risk was too high to allow women to participate in the anti partition movement on an equal basis with men.
  • However, generally, the indirect participation of women helped the revolutionary movement from the back.
Answered by aniruddhabagdi
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The Partition of undivided India into India and West and East Pakistan left a considerable impact on the whole of South Asia, the repercussions of which are still visible in its politics and societal attitudes. While the Partition on the Punjab side experienced an eruption of sudden violence and migration at an unimaginable scale, the east side witnessed a prolonged and torturous migration of mostly Hindus from East Bengal (East Pakistan, which became Bangladesh after 1971) to West Bengal in India. Bengal’s troubles did not end with the Partition and there were continuous migrations till 1971, while also continuing after that at a smaller scale.

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Though there is plenty literature in Bengali on the Partition, a concerning issue is the dearth of work done by scholars on the effects of Partition on the lives of women or refugees in general. Intellectuals like Urvashi Butalia also contend that there has been a huge gap in the scholarly documentation of the experience of people during the Partition in the Bengal region, with the major works being produced only now in early 2000s.

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