Question
Describe the consequences of the partition of Bengal.
Solution
The consequences:
(i)The partition of Bengal infuriated people all over India. All sections of the Congress– the Moderates and the Radicals, as they may be called – opposed it.
(ii)Large public meetings and demonstrations were organised and novel methods of mass protest developed.
(iii)The struggle that unfolded came to be known as the Swadeshi movement, strongest in Bengal but with echoes elsewhere too – in deltaic Andhra for instance, it was known as the Vandematar
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