BENGAL PARTITION

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 Bengal Partition: 1905
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Curzon was responsible >
- Viceroy during 1899-1905

Revolutionary Policies of Curzon

1. Calcutta Corporation Act, 1899
2. Official Secrets Act, 1904

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3. Indian University Act, 1904
4. Bengal Partition, 1905

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Partition of Bengal Activities
Reasons given by British
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Administrative convenience
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Actual reason: to West Bengal East Bengal
“Weaken the Bengal”

Announced: July, 1905

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Came into force: Oct, 1905
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1905 Session of Congress

In Benaras Presided by G. K. Gokhale
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Approved Anti Partition Movement/Swadeshi Movement

↳ Boycott of foreign goods and
products
1906 Calcutta Session of Congress
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Presided by Dadabhai Naoroji
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Boycott of foreign goods Moderates-

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Swadeshi
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National Education National Education Council
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 Surat Split
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Rash Behari Ghosh
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1907
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Extremists and Moderates separates
↳ Thrown out

Methods Adopted by Moderates

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Moderates:
SN Banerjee
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KK Mitra
petitions, newspapers,
GK Gokhale
pamphlets

Methods Adopted by Extremists

Extremists:
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Lala Lajpat Rai
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
Aurobindo Ghosh
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Boycott
Form Samiti Swadesh Bandabh Samiti by Ashwini
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Kumar Dutta at Barisal (in Bangladesh now)
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National Educational Centres

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Indigenous Enterprise: Swadeshi Steam Navigation
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Company by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai in Tamil Nadu

Lokmanya Tilak
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Organised Ganpati, Shivaji festivals to

attract and mobilise the youth (in
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Maharashtra)
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Father of Indian Unrest - By Valentine

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Newspapers published:
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Kesari (in Marathi)
 Bharat Mata painting portrayed by
Abanindranath Tagore
To unify Indians

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People tied Rakhi to each other to show unity

Rabindranath Tagore wrote a song: Amar Sonar Bangla National Anthem of Bangladesh now

Sudesh Geetham
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Gitam” bybySubramaniam
SubramaniamBharti
Bharti
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People sang Vande Matram however Government banned it
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Leaders
Poona and Bombay: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Delhi: Sayed Haider Raza
Madras: Chidambaram Pillai
Punjab: Lala Lajpat Rai
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Britishers adopted “Carrot and Stick model”

Response of Muslims
Muslims did not support Anti-partition
Formation of Muslim League Nawab Salimullah and Aga Khan

30 Dec 1905 Dacca

 GOI Act 1909
Morley Minto Reform
1. Separate electorate for Muslims Minto is responsible
2. Viceroy Executive Council will have one Indian 1st Indian: Satyendraprasad Sinha

Father of Communalism: Minto

1st: 1877

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2nd: 1903
Annulment of Partition
1911: Hardinge II (Viceroy) Organised Delhi Durbar (3rd Delhi Durbar)

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Coronation of King George V
Capital shifted from Calcutta
to Delhi in 1912

Revolutionary Activities
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1902: Anushilan Samiti (Bengal); Satish Chandra Basu
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1879: Ramosi Peasant Force in Maharashtra by Vasudev Balwant Phadke

1890: Shivaji and Ganpati festivals organised

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1897: Chapekar Brothers killed “Rand” (Plague Commissioner)

1899: Mitra Mela by Savarkar Brothers in Poona

1904: Mitra Mela was merged with Abhinav Bharat Society By V. D Savarkar
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1908: Alipore Bomb Conspiracy/Manicktolla Bomb Conspiracy

An attempt to murder judge of
Prafulla Chaki: committed suicide Muzaffarpur
Khudiram Bose/Kanaikal Dutta: trial was held against them
Killed the witness who saw them throwing bomb
1905: Indian Home Rule and Indian House By Shyamji Krishna Verma
Journal: The sociologist
1909: Madan Lal Dhingra killed Curzon Wyllie

1907: Madan Bhikaji Cama 1st Indian to hoist Indian Flag on foreign soil

Journal published: In Stuttgart, Germany

Vande Mataram

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1915: Berlin Committee Virendranath Chattopadhyay

1913: Ghadar Party In San Francisco (USA) (HQ)

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Lala Hardayal
Sohan Singh Bhakna
Barkatullah
Padmananda
Sohan Singh Bhakna A Japanese ship take on lease by Sikh

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Canada
Komagata Maru Incident
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In 1914
Also 1st
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Sailed from: Japan, then Hong

World War began Kong and Singapore to Canada

Defence of India Act: 1915 To suppress Ghadarites

Later replaced by Permanent Act: Rowlett Act

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1914 three sections:

Moderate
Extremists
Revolutionaries
Home Rule League: 1916 Two Home Rule League made

.B. G Tilak
HQ: Poona -
Annie Besant (more branches)
HQ: Madras
Wrote 2 magazines:

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New India
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Common weal

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Lucknow Session: 1916
Presided by Ambika Charan Mazumdar
1. Reunion of Extremists and Moderates and Extremists were re-inducted into
Congress
2. Lucknow Pact: joint pact by INC and Muslim League
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One Liners (MCQs)

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Anjuman-i-Muhibhan-i-watan (a secret society) by: Ajit Singh Published a letter

“BharatMata”

Formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement made on 7th August 1905 at Calcutta,

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Town Hall

Vinayaka Damodar Society in 1904 was organised by: Abhinav Bharat Society