Question

How did the people of Bengal respond to the Partition of Bengal (1905)?

Answer 1

1. 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.
2. The partition instead of dividing the Bengali people along the religious line united the leaders of both the groups – extremist and moderate.
3. The people of Bengal adopted new techniques of protest. The boycott of British goods was one such method.
4. 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.
5. The people of Bengal were outraged at what they saw as a ‘divide and rule’ policy of the British government.