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title: "Partition of Bengal"
year: 1905
country: "India"
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# Partition of Bengal

> British viceroy Curzon's administrative division sparked the Swadeshi boycott movement and galvanized Indian nationalism against colonial rule.

## Summary

The Partition of Bengal in 1905, also known as the First Partition of Bengal, was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency in British India, implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. Announced on 16 October 1905 by Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India, the reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas, creating West Bengal for Hindus and East Bengal for Muslims. The reorganization was undone a mere six years later.

## Sources

- [Partition of Bengal (1905)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)) - Wikipedia

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