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How did the people of Bengal respond to the Partition of Bengal (1905)?
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- The partition of Bengal that took place in 1905, resulted in widespread protests all across India. It started a new phase of the Indian national movement.
- The partition instead of dividing the Bengali people along the religious line united the leaders of both the groups – extremist and moderate.
- The people of Bengal adopted new techniques of protest. The boycott of British goods was one such method.
- The day Bengal was officially partitioned was declared as a day of mourning. Thousand’s of people took bath in River Ganga and marched on the streets of Calcutta singing Vande Mataram.
- The people of Bengal were outraged at what they saw as a ‘divide and rule’ policy of the British government.
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- One of the most significant contributions of the early Indian Nationalists was the formulation of an economic critique of colonialism.
- The early Congress leaders stated that the religious exploitation in India was the primary reason for the growing poverty.
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The ______ movement enhanced to participation of the masses in Nationalist Politics.
The British mainly responded to political activities of nationalists by repression and ______.
______ launched the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in Tuticorin.
For ______ Swaraj was the attainment of complete autonomy and total freedom from foreign rule.
In a divided Bengal Curzon made the Bengali speaking people to a ______.
Match the following:
| 1. | Surat split | (a) | 1905 |
| 2. | Swadeshi Movement | (b) | 1906 |
| 3. | Home Rule Movement | (c) | 1907 |
| 4. | Minto-Morley Reforms | (d) | 1916 |
| 5. | Birth of Muslim League | (e) | 1909 |
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