PARTITION OF BENGAL (1905 - 1911 A.D.) AND SWADESHI MOVEMENT

             PARTITION OF BENGAL (1905 - 1911 A.D.) AND SWADESHI MOVEMENT

In which Viceroy's time did the partition of Bengal take place?

During the region of Viceroy Lord Curzon ( 1899-1905).

When did the Sepoy Mutiny take place?

In 1857.

* According to the Allahabad treaty ( 1765 A.D.) between the Mughal emperor Shah Alam and Robert Clive, the East India Company won political authority on Bihar and Orissa along with Bengal and these three regions were included in the province of Bengal.

* The British colonialism was established all over India starting from 2nd tenure of Robert Clive (1765) to the rule of Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) and Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras became the three main administrative centres of East India Company. The highest administrator of each centre was given the post of president and the administrative system was popularly known as Presidency under the President.

* The  famine broke out in Orissa ( a part of Bengal) in 1866 A.D. and around 10000 people lost their lives. Viceroy Lord Northbrook (1872-76) by showing his administrative calibre put the proposal of the partition of Bengal before the government of England.

* The following regions were under the British empire in India. They are -

the valley of Brahmaputra(through the treaty of Yandabu on 24th February, 1826) , Cachar in 1832, Khasi hills in 1833, Jaintia Hills in 1835, the province of Motok and Sadiya in 1839, the province of Khamti in 1843, the province of Singfoo in 1843, the area of Angami Naga Hills in 1854.

➤What  is Partition of Bengal?

The process of bifurcation of Bengal and to annex one part of it into  Assam is historically known as the 'Partition of Bengal'.

➤Name the two british officers who helped lord Curzon in the partition of Bengal. 

Ans: Anderw Fraser,the then chief commissioner of Madhya Pradesh and J. Bamfylde Fuller, the Chief Commissioner of Assam.

➤Name the leaders who were participated in the Swadeshi Movement.

Ans: Surendra Nath Benarjee, Bipin Chandra Paul, Arabinda Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore, Rasbihari Bose, Ramendra Sundar Trivedi were participated in the Swadeshi Movement.

➤Why was the anti - partition of Bengal movement also known as Swadeshi Movement?

Ans:In the anti - partition of Bengal movement , the people boycotted foreign goods and started using home-made goods made by Indians. So,this movement is also known as Swadeshi movement.

 Q. Discuss the consequences of the Swadeshi Movement on National Literature.

Ans: The Swadeshi Movement contributed to the National Literature a lot. On the influence of Swadeshi Movement, many magazines, newspapers, books, dramas, songs and articles were published.

Some of such developments on national literature during the Swadeshi movement are  - 

a) Newspapers and magazines: 

The Bengali (1904) edited by Surendranath Banerjee,

The Sanjibani (1904) by Krishna Kumar Mitra,

The Hitabaadi (1905) by Kaliprasanna Kabya Bisharad and Yogendranath Vidyabhusan,

The Yugantar (1906) by Bhupendra Dutta,