Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Partition of Bengal - 1905
- Causes
- Bengal's population was twice that of Britain's
- Vulnerable to famine
- Prone to unrest
- High concentration of workers
- Congress was based in Calcutta
- It was becoming increasingly succesful
- The partition
- No Indians were consulted
- West Bengal
- Hindu Majority
- Joins Bihar and Orissa
- East Bengal
- Muslim majority
- Joins Assam
- Reactions
- Hindus
- Divide and rule
- West Bengalis were outnumbered by
populations of Bihar and Orissa
- Muslims
- In the short they were pleased
- Muslim power base when Indians
could elect provincial governments
- Swadesh
- Boycottt British products
- burn British cotton
- There was tension in congress
between radicals and moderated
- Terrorism
- European women were killed
- Bomb was meant for a judge