Partition of Bengal (1905)
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Partition of Bengal (1905)
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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. Announced on 16 July 1905 by Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India, and implemented West Bengal for Hindus and East Bengal for Muslims, it was undone a mere six years later. The nationalists saw the partition as a challenge to Indian nationalism and as a de
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1905 territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency by the British Raj
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
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2005-10-18T02:24:04Z
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2024-09-13T09:01:28Z
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