Question
What was the role of students in the Anti-Partition of Bengal Movement?
Answer
The role of students in the Anti-Partition of Bengal Movement
- The students played a significant role in the Anti-Partition of Bengal Movement from 1905 to 1911.
- Hindu and Muslim students worked together in the movement.
- Students, teachers, and intellectuals came together to protest against the partition of Bengal.
- Revolutionary activities and secret organizations like Anushilon Aswini Kr Dutta Samity and Jugantar Dal emerged during this period.
- Leaders of the students’ movement included Surendranath Banerjee, Ananda Chandra Roy, Aswini Kumar Dutta, Ambika Charan Majumdar, Umesh Chandra Gupta, Kishorimohan Choudhury, Anathbandhu Panja, and Bipin Chandra Pal.
- Rabindranath Tagore called on students to join the mass boycott movement.
- Students protested against the Carlyle Circular Act, which led to the expulsion of 150 students from Rangpur.
- Satish Chandra Mukherjee founded the “Dawn Society” and “National School” to promote Swadeshi education.