Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following parties supported the move for partition of Bengal?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is All India Muslim League.
Key Points
- All India Muslim League supported the move for the partition of Bengal in 1905.
- Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905.
- The partition of the Bengal province came into effect during his viceroyalty on 16th October 1905.
- The idea of using the Bengal partition as a political tool to undermine the growing nationalism in Bengal.
- As per Curzon, after the partition, the two provinces would be Bengal (including modern West Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar) and Eastern Bengal and Assam.
- Bengal would have a Hindu majority and Eastern Bengal and Assam would have a Muslim majority population. Its capital would remain Calcutta.
- Many people in Bengal regarded this partition as an insult to their motherland. Rabindranath Tagore composed the famous song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ which later became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
- Muslims led by the Nawab Sallimullah of Dhaka supported the partition.
Additional Information
- Gadar Party
- The Ghadar Party was initially named the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association.
- It was formed on 15 July 1913 in the United States under the leadership of Lala Har Dayal, Sant Baba Wasakha Singh Dadehar, Baba Jawala Singh, Santokh Singh, and Sohan Singh Bhakna as its president.
- Forward Bloc
- The All India Forward Bloc is a left-wing nationalist political party in India.
- It emerged in 1939, under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose.
- All India Muslim League
- The All-India Muslim League was a political party established in 1906 in British India.
- Its strong advocacy, from 1930 onwards, for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan, ultimately led to the partition of India in 1947 by the British Empire.
- Founders: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Aga Khan III, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Khwaja Salimullah, Waqar-ul-Mulk.
- Communist Party of India
- The Communist Party of India is the oldest communist party in India and one of the 9 national parties in the country.
- The CPI was founded in Kanpur on 26 December 1925.
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