What Are The Consequences Of The Partition Of Bengal (1905?
The Partition of Bengal
(1905)
Bengal was the largest of the provinces of India. At the end of the nineteenth century it included Western Bengal with a population 54 million (42 million Hindus and 12 million Muslims) and east Bengal and Assam with a population of 31 million (12 million Hindus and 18 million Muslims). This was a huge area to govern as one unit. There were ten times as many people in Bengal as there were in the whole of Britain at this time.
The British maintain that Bengal was too large to manage as one province and that it would be more able to manage it as two smaller provinces. In 1903 Viceroy Curzon projected that Bengal should be partitioned into West Bengal and East Bengal. The eastern province would include Assam and …show more content…
Many Hindus believed that the partition had nothing to do with administrative efficiency. They believed there were much more ‘sinister’ reasons. Whatever the reason the British had, the most immediate effect of partition was to cause conflict between the Muslims and Hindus.
The Muslim view:
The Muslims were delighted with the partition. Their position was improved overnight. Since 1867 the British had mistrusted the Muslims and they had denied them proper education. The Hindus had gained all the advantages and they had even tried to replace Urdu with Hindi. Now at least the Muslims had true recognition, a province in which they were in the majority. This would make possible millions of Muslims to run away from the cruelty of Hindu …show more content…
Lord Harding, the new Viceroy, approved to turn around the dividing wall of Bengal. The result was announced at a Durbar in Delhi on 12 December by King George V, who was visiting India at the era. The British struggle to advise that they had inverted the dividing wall as part of their rule in governing India. In truth they had been enforced into the move by the furious oppositions of the Bengali Hindus. However, the British also moved the capital from Calcutta to Delhi to show that the Bengalis opposition had not been completely successful. The reversal of the divider was resentfully different by the Muslims, but the British were not to be moved. The Muslims now realized in a minute how essential it was that the Muslim league grows if Muslims were to get fair action in
(1905)
Bengal was the largest of the provinces of India. At the end of the nineteenth century it included Western Bengal with a population 54 million (42 million Hindus and 12 million Muslims) and east Bengal and Assam with a population of 31 million (12 million Hindus and 18 million Muslims). This was a huge area to govern as one unit. There were ten times as many people in Bengal as there were in the whole of Britain at this time.
The British maintain that Bengal was too large to manage as one province and that it would be more able to manage it as two smaller provinces. In 1903 Viceroy Curzon projected that Bengal should be partitioned into West Bengal and East Bengal. The eastern province would include Assam and …show more content…
Many Hindus believed that the partition had nothing to do with administrative efficiency. They believed there were much more ‘sinister’ reasons. Whatever the reason the British had, the most immediate effect of partition was to cause conflict between the Muslims and Hindus.
The Muslim view:
The Muslims were delighted with the partition. Their position was improved overnight. Since 1867 the British had mistrusted the Muslims and they had denied them proper education. The Hindus had gained all the advantages and they had even tried to replace Urdu with Hindi. Now at least the Muslims had true recognition, a province in which they were in the majority. This would make possible millions of Muslims to run away from the cruelty of Hindu …show more content…
Lord Harding, the new Viceroy, approved to turn around the dividing wall of Bengal. The result was announced at a Durbar in Delhi on 12 December by King George V, who was visiting India at the era. The British struggle to advise that they had inverted the dividing wall as part of their rule in governing India. In truth they had been enforced into the move by the furious oppositions of the Bengali Hindus. However, the British also moved the capital from Calcutta to Delhi to show that the Bengalis opposition had not been completely successful. The reversal of the divider was resentfully different by the Muslims, but the British were not to be moved. The Muslims now realized in a minute how essential it was that the Muslim league grows if Muslims were to get fair action in