partition of bangal short note
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Partition of Bengal, (1905), division of Bengal carried out by the British viceroy in India, Lord Curzon, despite strong Indian nationalist opposition. ... It began a transformation of the Indian National Congress from a middle-class pressure group into a nationwide mass movement.
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The decision to partition Bengal was announced on 19 July 1905 by Curzon, the then Viceroy of India. For the purpose of creating a Muslim-majority province, it was decided to divide India's Bengal into two parts. The Partition of Bengal came into effect from 16 October 1905. In history it is also known as Bangbhang.
The partition of 'Bengal' into 'Partition' of India in 1947, used to 'divide' the British Indian province of 'Bengal' along the Radcliffe Line between India and Pakistan. Predominantly Hindu West Bengal became a province of India, and predominantly Muslim East Bengal (now Bangladesh) became a province of Pakistan.
According to historians, the main objective of the partition of Bengal was to create division among the people. Keeping a majority of Muslims in East Bengal and a majority of Hindus in the western part, so that Hindu-Muslim unity should end.