Create East Bengal and Assam a a new Muslim majority province.
British Justification
- best admin decision is a linguistic reorganization
Goal
Divide & Rule and weakening INM by
- hurting bengali unity
- bengali minority in West Bengal
- hindu minority in EBA
- bengali UC leaders weakened in the EPA
- appease elite Muslims via EBA to counter Hindu nationalism
Events
- 1903: partition plan published
- 1905: moderates methods eg. Press Campaign by Surendernath, CR Das and Constructive Work by Tagore in Shanti Niketan (etd. 1901)
- October 1905 partition happened
- August 1905: PC Ray & Surendernath (moderates) passed the Boycott Resolution (even though boycott is not their method!!)
- Extremists added goal of Swaraj and took movement out of Bengal
- April 1906: Barisal Conference (Surendranath & Aurobindo) distributed badges of Bande Mataram. Police repressed this.
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in Anandmath 1882 gave concept of Bharat Mata and composed Bande Mataram