The decision to partition Bengal in 1905 On the 114th anniversary of the first partition of Bengal we are reprinting this article which attempts to assess British motives behind the partition plan.

The Bengal Partition of 1905 was a British colonial government decision to divide Bengal into East Bengal and Assam with a Muslim majority, and West Bengal with a Hindu majority due to ...

October 16, 1905, the day of partition, became a turning point in British India’s history. The legendary belief in the ultimate fairness of the British was shattered.

Bengal's tumultuous history under British rule, including the controversial 1905 partition, left a legacy of communal tension and unrest.

On October 16, 1905, Dhaka became the capital of the newly-created province of East Bengal and Assam, in the wake of what is known as the Partition of Bengal (1905–1911).

1905 saw a change in the direction of India’s nationalist struggle and deepened a communal divide that would haunt India for decades to come.

Boycott and Swaraj: these were weapons of mass unrest and grievance to challenge the British Indian Government announcement on 19 July 1905 to partition Bengal.

Bengal was partitioned twice: in 1905 and then again in 1947, when two nations — India and Pakistan — were formed by the partition of the subcontinent.

The province of Bengal in undivided, British-ruled India was partitioned by Lord Curzon on October 16, 1905. One hundred and eleven years after the annulment of the first partition on December 12, ...