Partition of bengal.
PARTITION OF BENGAL- Partition of Bengal by British and their Failure The greatest weapon of imperia¬lism is creation of dissension among the subjects, development of mutual suspicion and mistrust and thereby preventing unity among them to perpetuate rule. During the second half of the nineteenth century, particularly after the revolt of 1857, there was a gradual growth of patriotism and nationalism among the Indians which naturally became a matter of uneasiness among the British rulers. The foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 and its criticism of the British administra¬tion as well as its demand for the redress of the grievances of the Indian people all the more strengthened the national feeling of the Indians. The anti-Congress movement of Sir Syed Ahmad, if not entirely encouraged by the British, at least created the opportunity of sowing the seeds of dissension between the two great Indian commu¬nities—the Hindus and the Muslims, by the British imperia
