The Partition Of Bengal 1905-1911

Question 1

1857

Answer 1

The Revolt of 1857

Question 2

1885

Answer 2

Formation of Indian National Congress

Question 3

1793

Answer 3

The Permanent Settlement

Question 4

the end of the 19th century an emergence of?

Answer 4

an emergence of a Hindu Revivalist Movement

Question 5

Hindu Revivalist Movement under -

Answer 5

Swami Vivekanondo
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(Anondomath novel (song Bande Mataram)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(Maharashtra) (kesari newspaper (fiery article about the supremacy of Hindu Brahmin )

Question 6

Sir Aurobindo started

Answer 6

the practice of Yoga in 1905.

Question 7

provincial (boundary)/
province (of)

Answer 7

connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city (boundary)/(of)

Question 8

Lord Carzon wrote to the Secretary of State
When and regarding the question of boundary

Answer 8

April 1902 (regarding the question of provincial boundary)

Question 9

Bengal was an area of

Answer 9

+ nearly 200,000 squares miles
+ population of 78.5 million
+ was too large to charge for a single man

Question 10

Lord Carzon also pointed out that

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+ the district of East Bengal had been neglected
+ the neighboring province of Assam was too small for efficient administration

Question 11

the British divided the huge province of Bengal
in and into ?

Answer 11

In 1905
into
= a western part (‘Bengal’) and
= an eastern part (‘Eastern Bengal and Assam’)

Question 12

The British government promised (word by word)

Answer 12

“The partition of Bengal
is a settled fact
and
it can by no means
be unsettled.”

Question 13

Why The partition of Bengal happened ?
cse

Answer 13

= administrative causes/purpose
= divide and rule policy
= cultural reasons
= social reasons
= economic reasons
= Global colonial environment
= Internal External factors

Question 14

A very vocal opposition developed among who?

Answer 14

especially among
= the middle and
= upper classes in Kolkata

Question 15

They (the middle and upper classes in Kolkata) feared

Answer 15

= a loss of economic power
tea and jute exports go through the port of Chittagong
= inconvenience
They thought it would be inconvenient for them
because some rich landlords from eastern Bengal had moved to Kolkata, and this change might cause problems
= competition
They thought that a new legal system in eastern Bengal might not allow Kolkata lawyers to work there, and new newspapers in the east might limit the popularity of Kolkata’s newspapers.

Question 16

inconvenient

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causing trouble, difficulties, or discomfort

Question 17

Swadeshi movement
by whom
and after that

Answer 17

= by the Hindu Bhadralok
= to boycott British products and commodities

Question 18

The Congress movement was largely led by

Answer 18

= Hindu lawyers,
= merchants, and
= landlords

Question 19

they determined to oppose the partition of Bengal because

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it would disrupt Kolkata’s
== commercial and
== professional life
in which they had so much at stake

Question 20

The Swadeshi movement was
a part of ?
and contributed to the development of ?

Answer 20

= part of the Indian independence movement
= and contributed to the development of Indian nationalism

Question 21

Shadeshi Movement appealed to the Indian masses to use only

Answer 21

goods produced in India

Question 22

The Indian farmers were forced to produced

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= indigos
= cottons.

Question 23

Swadeshi Movement has been characterized as

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cloth production in India

Question 24

The Swadeshi Movement focused on making cloth in India, especially in Bengal

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because many people felt strongly about reviving the local cloth industry, which had suffered due to foreign competition.

Question 25

instead of foreign cloths

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People were encouraged to wear Khadi

Question 26

when did Hindu revivalist movement happen?

Answer 26

At the end of the 19th century

Question 27

for how long and Time period of professors sumit sarkars attempt to detailed study in bengals history.

Answer 27

1903-1908

Question 28

Historian professor Sumit Sarkar attempts a detailed study of how many years(say which year)

Answer 28

Bengal’s history (1903-1908)

Question 29

vape in moon light while doing yoga surjo and watching lala land|| Who were very active in the anti-partition movement?

Answer 29

Bepinchandra Pal,
Aurobindo Ghosh,
Surendranath Banerji and
Lala Lajpout Rai
were very active in the anti-partition movement.

Question 30

Following Tagore’s call, hundreds of WHO? came out in large numbers to tie WHAT? As a symbol of WHAT?

Answer 30

hundreds of Hindus and Muslims
Kolkata,
Dhaka and
Sylhet
came out in large numbers to tie
Rakhi threads
as a symbol of unity.

Question 31

Tagore’s WHAT still follows the tradition and the university students tied Rakhi to WHOM? message of ?

Answer 31

heartland Santiniketan
neighbours and common people to give a message of harmony

Question 32

WHO commited suicide and WHO got a death sentence for killing two women ? And Whom they tried to kill in the first place ?

Answer 32

PROFULLO CHAKIR (suicide)
KHUDIRAM BOSHU
19 08(1908) 11 October
18yrs 07 month 11 days
wanted to kill BRITISH MAJISTRET KINGSFORD

Question 33

Signed by ___ leading Muslim leaders , a proposal in ___ for a total support to the partition plan was published HOW MANY , WHERE AND WHEN?

Answer 33

BY SEVEN Muslim leaders, published on Mohammedan Literary Society in 1905

Question 34

In WHEN, the Muslims organized an WHAT AND WHERE as a move to emphasize their WHAT and to express reaction against WHAT of the Swadeshi Movement.

Answer 34

1906
Islamic Conference in Dhaka
separate religious identity
communal favor

Question 35

Muslim organizations such as __NAMES? etc. were in favor of the partition scheme.

Answer 35

seven leading mulsim leaders
Anjuman-I-Mufidul,
Islam Procharok
also , All-India Muslim League supported the partition in totality.

Question 36

in 1906 what was founded (HINT: A MUSLIM LEAGUE)

Answer 36

The All-India Muslim League
they supported the partition in totality.

Question 37

____ _____organized by the ____ _____ _____, met the Governor____ and _____ Lord___ in____ ON ____ ____.

___AND ____ were the key leaders .
Shimla Deputation 1906 was
= first systematic attempt from WHICH side to
====represent their demand before ___.

Answer 37

Simla Deputation
Indian Muslim leaders
General and Viceroy Lord Minto
Simla on October 1906

Aga Khan and Nawab Ali Chowdhury
Muslim
British India

Question 38

Demands of the Muslim leaders were:

a) preservation of a certain number of seats for Muslims in the ___ AND ___ BOARDS.
and in the university ___AND ____

(b)separate election of Muslims to the
____ council based on their political importance and not on the population ratio

Answer 38

municipal and district boards
university senate and syndicate;

provincial council

Question 39

SIMLA DEPUTATION 1906
DEMANDS OF THE DELEGATION
say all the 6 points

Answer 39

= separate electorate
= demands for more seats in the than population
= Share in the Government Service
= Membership in the JUDGEMENT and EXECUTIVE COUNSILS
= representation in the SENATE AND SYNDICATE in the university
= Making of the MUSLIM UNIVERDITY

Question 40

for how long simla deputation lasted

Answer 40

from 1906 to 1947

Question 41

when did separate electorate get recognized and what it is called

Answer 41

1909 . it is called indian act of 1909

Question 42

when did the annulment of the partition happen

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1911

Question 43

Growth of terrorism and communal violence (Formation of ___ AND ___ etc

Answer 43

Anushilan Samiti,
Jugantor etc

Question 44

Annulment of the partition in 1911 ( by __ 5th )

Answer 44

George V

Question 45

The establishment of the University of Dhaka in ___

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1921

Question 46

___ ___ ____ Founded in ___ by a narrowly based national elite,
the Indian National Congress (INC) gradually transformed into a broad-____ _____ _____ from the beginning of the __ century. The Congress was founded by __ __ ___ who was a former __ ___ ____

Answer 46

Indian National Congress
founded in 1885
broad-based nationalist organization
20th
was founded by Allan Octavian Hume (A.O. Hume)
A O H former home secretary of India

Question 47

Professor K.B. Sayeed in his book, entitled, Pakistan: The Formative Phase, has infomed that the formation of the Indian National Congress was largely inspired by British influence (Source: Khalid bin Sayeed, Pakistan: The Formative Phase, 1960,Oxford University Press, page:29).