The Partition Of Bengal 1905-1911 Flashcards
1857
The Revolt of 1857
1885
Formation of Indian National Congress
1793
The Permanent Settlement
the end of the 19th century an emergence of?
an emergence of a Hindu Revivalist Movement
Hindu Revivalist Movement under -
Swami Vivekanondo
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(Anondomath novel (song Bande Mataram)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(Maharashtra) (kesari newspaper (fiery article about the supremacy of Hindu Brahmin )
Sir Aurobindo started
the practice of Yoga in 1905.
provincial (boundary)/
province (of)
connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city (boundary)/(of)
Lord Carzon wrote to the Secretary of State
When and regarding the question of boundary
April 1902 (regarding the question of provincial boundary)
Bengal was an area of
+ nearly 200,000 squares miles
+ population of 78.5 million
+ was too large to charge for a single man
Lord Carzon also pointed out that
+ the district of East Bengal had been neglected
+ the neighboring province of Assam was too small for efficient administration
the British divided the huge province of Bengal
in and into ?
In 1905
into
= a western part (‘Bengal’) and
= an eastern part (‘Eastern Bengal and Assam’)
The British government promised (word by word)
“The partition of Bengal
is a settled fact
and
it can by no means
be unsettled.”
Why The partition of Bengal happened ?
cse
= administrative causes/purpose
= divide and rule policy
= cultural reasons
= social reasons
= economic reasons
= Global colonial environment
= Internal External factors
A very vocal opposition developed among who?
especially among
= the middle and
= upper classes in Kolkata
They (the middle and upper classes in Kolkata) feared
= 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.
inconvenient
causing trouble, difficulties, or discomfort
Swadeshi movement
by whom
and after that
= by the Hindu Bhadralok
= to boycott British products and commodities
The Congress movement was largely led by
= Hindu lawyers,
= merchants, and
= landlords
they determined to oppose the partition of Bengal because
it would disrupt Kolkata’s
== commercial and
== professional life
in which they had so much at stake
The Swadeshi movement was
a part of ?
and contributed to the development of ?
= part of the Indian independence movement
= and contributed to the development of Indian nationalism
Shadeshi Movement appealed to the Indian masses to use only
goods produced in India
The Indian farmers were forced to produced
= indigos
= cottons.
Swadeshi Movement has been characterized as
cloth production in India
The Swadeshi Movement focused on making cloth in India, especially in Bengal
because many people felt strongly about reviving the local cloth industry, which had suffered due to foreign competition.
instead of foreign cloths
People were encouraged to wear Khadi
when did Hindu revivalist movement happen?
At the end of the 19th century
for how long and Time period of professors sumit sarkars attempt to detailed study in bengals history.
1903-1908
Historian professor Sumit Sarkar attempts a detailed study of how many years(say which year)
Bengal’s history (1903-1908)
vape in moon light while doing yoga surjo and watching lala land|| Who were very active in the anti-partition movement?
Bepinchandra Pal,
Aurobindo Ghosh,
Surendranath Banerji and
Lala Lajpout Rai
were very active in the anti-partition movement.
Following Tagore’s call, hundreds of WHO? came out in large numbers to tie WHAT? As a symbol of WHAT?
hundreds of Hindus and Muslims
Kolkata,
Dhaka and
Sylhet
came out in large numbers to tie
Rakhi threads
as a symbol of unity.
Tagore’s WHAT still follows the tradition and the university students tied Rakhi to WHOM? message of ?
heartland Santiniketan
neighbours and common people to give a message of harmony
WHO commited suicide and WHO got a death sentence for killing two women ? And Whom they tried to kill in the first place ?
PROFULLO CHAKIR (suicide)
KHUDIRAM BOSHU
19 08(1908) 11 October
18yrs 07 month 11 days
wanted to kill BRITISH MAJISTRET KINGSFORD
Signed by ___ leading Muslim leaders , a proposal in ___ for a total support to the partition plan was published HOW MANY , WHERE AND WHEN?
BY SEVEN Muslim leaders, published on Mohammedan Literary Society in 1905
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.
1906
Islamic Conference in Dhaka
separate religious identity
communal favor
Muslim organizations such as __NAMES? etc. were in favor of the partition scheme.
seven leading mulsim leaders
Anjuman-I-Mufidul,
Islam Procharok
also , All-India Muslim League supported the partition in totality.
in 1906 what was founded (HINT: A MUSLIM LEAGUE)
The All-India Muslim League
they supported the partition in totality.
____ _____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 ___.
Simla Deputation
Indian Muslim leaders
General and Viceroy Lord Minto
Simla on October 1906
Aga Khan and Nawab Ali Chowdhury
Muslim
British India
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
municipal and district boards
university senate and syndicate;
provincial council
SIMLA DEPUTATION 1906
DEMANDS OF THE DELEGATION
say all the 6 points
= 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
for how long simla deputation lasted
from 1906 to 1947
when did separate electorate get recognized and what it is called
1909 . it is called indian act of 1909
when did the annulment of the partition happen
1911
Growth of terrorism and communal violence (Formation of ___ AND ___ etc
Anushilan Samiti,
Jugantor etc
Annulment of the partition in 1911 ( by __ 5th )
George V
The establishment of the University of Dhaka in ___
1921
___ ___ ____ 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 __ ___ ____
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
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).
