HIST 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi Politician), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Balkanization
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This will get more relevant in the next module, but you have to know the definition. Neo-hinduism showed different tendencies some aimed at a universalism embracing all nations and religions of the world; others were eagerly reconstructing a national tradition in order to achieve a solidarity based on a glorious past. This solidarity traditionalism became a major feature of indian nationalism and, as it was based on. Closely read the about the partition of bengal. Radical nationalism was stimulated by the partition of bengal in 1905. Originally, the partition of this vast province which at that time still included assam, bihar and orissa, in addition to bengal proper was mooted for purely administrative reasons. Viceroy lord curzon finally executed this administrative act. the province was split right down the middle: east bengal and assam formed one province, and west bengal, bihar and orissa another. Tilak and aurobindo emerged as the leaders of the extremist" faction.