what was partition of bengal
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Partition of Bengal
Partition of Bengal plays an important role for the Indians and also for the Independence of India.
So the partition of Bengal was done by Lord Curzon , he was one of the administrative person of british company he did partition in 1905.
Bengal was thickly populated it was made up of Bengal , Bihar , Odisha , Chotanagpur and some other remote area. The population was too much hai across 80 million. show the British company decided to distribute Bengal into two groups one group consists of Muslim and other group consists of Hindus. British company want the partition so that they can rule easily and there might be no friendship among the people of India.
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So the anti partition movement it was started by the people which was against the partition.
The streets of Kolkata was full of the cries of vande Mataram which became the theme song for the Indians
Great leaders such as Rabindranath Tagore protested against partition.
The ceremony of raksha bandhan was celebrated with in Hindus and Muslims.
Partition of Bengal :
The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas.
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