In Tamilnadu, the press and public rendered their support to the people of Bengal by opposing the partition. The leading press like Swadesa Mitran, the Swadesi, Altab-e-Dakhan, Shamsul-Akbar, Indian Patriot and others opposed the partition and criticized Lord Curzon and his partition policy....
The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.
Partition of Bengal, (1905), division of Bengal carried out by the British viceroy in India, Lord Curzon, despite strong Indian nationalist opposition. It began a transformation of the Indian National Congress from a middle-class pressure group into a na
India - Partition, Bengal, 1905: The first partition of Bengal in 1905 brought that province to the brink of open rebellion. The British recognized that Bengal, with some 85 million people, was much too large for a single province and determined that it