Partition of Bengal🇮🇳

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From Calcutta to Kolkata and the Partition of Bengal
The official name of Calcutta was changed to Kolkata on January 1, 2001. The city was founded by Job Charnock, who leased the villages of Sutanuti, Govindpur, and Kalikata to establish a British trading center. In 1717, surgeon William Hamilton treated Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar, in return for which the East India Company received trading privileges in Bengal.

Partition of Bengal
Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on July 19, 1905, and Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, a British civil service officer who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal from 1903 to 1908, implemented it on October 16, 1905. The partition divided Bengal into two parts—Eastern Bengal and Assam (with Dhaka as its headquarters) and Western Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar.

This partition was met with widespread opposition across India. Rabindranath Tagore led the observance of "Shok Divas" (Day of Mourning) and "Rakhi Divas" (Day of Brotherhood). On August 7, 1905, the Swadeshi Movement was launched at Kolkata Town Hall, calling for the boycott of British goods. The main slogan of the movement was "Vande Mataram."

The British government justified the partition for administrative convenience, but its real motive was to weaken Bengali nationalism and divide Hindu-Muslim unity. The Muslim League supported the partition, while Indian nationalists strongly opposed it. Eventually, due to massive protests, King George V and Viceroy Hardinge announced the annulment of the partition in December 1911 and shifted the capital of India from Kolkata to Delhi.

During this period, Rabindranath Tagore composed "Amar Sonar Bangla," which later became the national anthem of Bangladesh in 1971.

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