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The #truth - the real story of Gaddari - from the era of Bangabhanga days during the British period
R C Majumdar - the #truth behind Banga Bhanga aandolon
The character of the agitation and its universality deeply impressed even Lord Morley, the Secretary of State for India from 1906, and he flatly contradicted the great Pro-Consul Lord Curzon and his apologists when he admitted that the agitation against the Partition was not "the work of political wire-pullers and political agitators," but was the result of genuine feelings in the minds of the people "that they were going to suffer a great wrong and inconvenience."" Morley had also the candor to admit that the measure went solely and decisively against the wishes of most of the people concerned.
There is, however, no doubt that the solidarity of opposing the Partition was gradually weakened.
Lord Curzon won over Salimullah, the Nawab of Dacca, partly by advancing a loan at a very low rate of interest, and partly by holding out the hope that the interests of the Muslims will dominate the administration of the new Province, and the Nawab, as their leader, will occupy a unique, position there, with Dacca, his own home, raised to the status of a great capital city of an opulent Province. The Nawab gradually became a great supporter of the Partition and gathered a section of Muslims around him. The new administration, in its actual operation, openly favored the Muslims, and the first Lieutenant Governor, Fuller, said with reference to the two main sections of the population, the Musalmans, and Hindus, that they were like his two queens of Indian legends, the first being the #suo (favored) and the second, #duo (neglected)
No wonder the followers of Salimullah would gain in strength
When the partition led to the Swadeshi, i.c.the movement for the use of indigenous and boycott of English goods, the Englishmen gradually became hostile to anti-partition agitation and withdrew their support from it. Injury to material interests proved a much stronger force than sympathy for a just cause.
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