![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Six years later in the face of civil disobedience and a widespread nationalist movement by Bangali Hindus of Kolkata they announced the revocation of the Partition of Bengal on December 12, 1911. But the British Raj couldn’t remain strict on its stance over a long period of time. They found it as a way of ensuring required opportunities for their deprived community members. While describing the situation of the mid-19th century Bengal, renowned historian Nitish Sengupta observed in his book Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib, “Nowhere else in the sub-continent were Muslims as worse off in Bengal, just as, paradoxically, few other communities derived as much benefit from British rule as the Bengali Hindus.” Under such a circumstance when Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, the then Viceroy of India, came up with the announcement of the partition of Bengal on July 19, 1905, Muslims of this region appreciated the decision. ![]()
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