Major National Movements

Swadeshi Movement and Partition of Bengal (1905-1911)

  • The British (under Lord Curzon) partitioned Bengal in religious lines to curb nationalist movements in the garb of administrative efficiency. Sensing the real motives of Lord Curzon, nationalists resisted the partition.
  • On the same day when the partition came into effect, 16 October 1905, the people of Bengal organized protest meetings and observed a day of mourning.
  • In Congress session of 1906, the objective of ‘Swaraj’ was adopted alongwith resolutions of Boycott and Swadeshi.
  • The whole political life of Bengal underwent a change. Gandhi wrote that the real awakening in India took place only after ....
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