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Revision note: Partition of Bengal, Swadeshi Movement and the Extremists (1905–1918)

  • Partition: announced 20 July 1905, effective 16 Oct 1905 (Curzon); East Bengal & Assam capital Dhaka; Risley's motive
  • Boycott resolution: Calcutta Town Hall, 7 Aug 1905; rakhi bandhan; Amar Sonar Bangla
  • Swadeshi: Bengal Chemicals (P.C. Ray), VOC's Swadeshi Steam Navigation (1906), National Council of Education 1906
  • Calcutta 1906 (Naoroji): Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott, National Education
  • Extremists: Lal–Bal–Pal, Aurobindo; Tilak's festivals, Mandalay 1908
  • Surat split 1907; reunion at Lucknow 1916
  • Muslim League: Dhaka 30 Dec 1906; Morley–Minto 1909 separate electorates; S.P. Sinha
  • Annulment and capital to Delhi: Delhi Durbar 1911
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