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than the sword By Abyaan chhajro NEWS
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DAILY HINDU NEWS NEWS FOR TODAY! INDIA

The Bengal partition!

On the 16th of The Hindus believe
October 1905, Viceroy, that this was unfair
Lord Curzon decided as in East Bengal,
that it was best if there would be 12
Bengal was divided million Hindus and
into East, and West 18 million Muslims.
Bengal being better This was a disgrace
for the Muslims and to the Hindus to be
Bengali Hindus. He outnumbered in a
claimed that it was province by the
because Bengal was subcontinent’s
huge and it was hard minority, the
to manage. However, Muslims. This
the Hindus refuse to caused great anger
believe that this was and resentment
the only reason for the towards the British.
partition. The Muslims
were most probably
involved!

What Happened?

The Indians then started so it was decided

the Swadeshi movement whoever walked around
where they boycotted all with
British products like British-manufactured
cloth, salt, and other clothes would be a
British goods and traitor to Good and the
promoted Indian goods Hindu fighting
instead which eventually community. The
quickly led to the sales cigarettes and clothes
of British goods were burned publicly to
dropping dramatically. send a example that the
Hindus were not going
to back down from a
fight and to take their
province back

The reversal
There were bans on Indian newspapers and public meetings; some editors were also
imprisoned. The partition of Bengal was then reversed by Viceroy Lord Harding, and officially
declared at Durbar in Delhi on the 12th of December by King George V. This was yet another
victory for the Indians and showed them that it was possible to change big decisions if they
stood together and tried their best.

BY: ABYAAN CHHAJRO