Bengal was partitioned twice. First in 1905 when the heightened protest against this reunited Bengal in 1911. Then, it was divided again in 1947 during the partition of India. But this time, it was ...
The roots of Bangladesh go back in the 1905 partition of Bengal. Ostensibly an administrative measure to provide relief to an ...
The partition of Bengal in 1905 split more than a province, it touched people's hearts and awakened India's fight for freedom. IMAGE: A vendor is seen tying a rakhi on a boy in Calcutta on October 16, ...
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Though promised much by the 'Hindu' west after Partition, Dalits who crossed over from East Bengal got the opposite of a warm welcome.
At the launch of The Last Bench (Ekada/Westland Books) in Kolkata last week, Adhir Biswas said his experience of untouchability as a child was painful, but also a treasure. With no one willing to play ...