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What if, during the partition of India, the United Bengal proposal had been accepted? How would such a country have been? What impact would it have on the region and on the world?
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North East India would become a part of BangladeshWell, North East of India is just disconnected, what about the region?
the proposal for a united Bangladesh called for seats to be split 50/50 Hindu and Muslim as the population was split that way.however it needs to sort out religious issues that might arise
North East India would become a part of Bangladesh
Was part of the proposalWhy NEI would become part of Bangladesh? It could be independent Assam.
Nope, Assamese and Northeastern Tribals do not want Cultural Invasion from Bengalis, so it would be impossible, also, you would require a really old POD, as by 1945, communal tensions were too highNorth East India would become a part of Bangladesh
So independence it is thanNope, Assamese and Northeastern Tribals do not want Cultural Invasion from Bengalis, so it would be impossible, also, you would require a really old POD, as by 1945, communal tensions were too high
yes, but it is unlikely they would be a separate Country, If you want an united Bengal, Prevent Partition and you have a united Bengal provinceSo independence it is than
Nope, Assamese and Northeastern Tribals do not want Cultural Invasion from Bengalis, so it would be impossible, also, you would require a really old POD, as by 1945, communal tensions were too high
This could work, but the problem is there is nothing really uniting the country, In India for example, Hinduism has defacto united the country, but here the religion would be split and there would be both communal and lingustic nationalism, add to that this country would be surrounded by India and China, leading to very tough diplomatic relationsSorry for taking days to answer but perhaps the Assamese and the Northeastern Tribals could have been given autonomy in some kind of federal system. This could also have solved tensions between Muslims and Hindus in Bengal. What do you think?
If partition had not happened and Bengal had remained a single province then it would have been the most populous state in India pushing U.P. to the second place. There would be calls for the division of the state from areas far away from Calcutta which would have naturally become the capital of the state. The demands for separate states would rise from north and east parts of the state.
Nope, Assamese and Northeastern Tribals do not want Cultural Invasion from Bengalis, so it would be impossible, also, you would require a really old POD, as by 1945, communal tensions were too high
Yes, true, The government would try to develop Cities like Dhaka and Chittagong to be similar to CalcuttaCalcutta being the capital of an United Bengal would be good as it was the only well developed city in the area. Without it, the area was doomed to poverty.
Both of them would be useless in this endeavour, by 1945, Gandhi was effectively sidelined by Congress who now worked over How they would Govern India, and Jinnah was still busy with the Muslim Homeland dreamBoth Gandhi and Jinnah were willing to accept the United Bengal proposal. While Gandhi was against the partition of India, he prefered United Bengal to East Pakistan, that was considered a bizarre idea by some. Jinnah once said he would be delighted to see an United Bengal.
Gandhi had not expressed any opinion about the proposal of United Bengal. Jinnah expected to get both Punjab and Bengal undivided as parts of Pakistan. When Mount Batten told him that the partition of Punjab and Bengal on religious lines was unavoidable if India was to be partitioned, he was disappointed. When he heard about the proposal for a United Bengal put forward by Suhrawardi he supported it with a crooked aim. He thought that as the united Bengal will have a Muslim majority he can later persuade them to join Pakistan. But the Congress saw through his cunning idea and rejected the idea of United Bengal and insisted on the partition of Bengal Province.Both Gandhi and Jinnah were willing to accept the United Bengal proposal. While Gandhi was against the partition of India, he prefered United Bengal to East Pakistan, that was considered a bizarre idea by some. Jinnah once said he would be delighted to see an United Bengal.