10-26-2006, 07:31 AM
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that the capital was shifted to delhi to serve muslim interests and not british interests (the british were not at ease in calcutta anymore).
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The Bengali middle class and the educated class were the Indian elite with whom the British used to intellectually interact and transact among the native people. All the institutions were created in Bengal first including the seat of power, asiatic soceity, Presidency college and the Bengal Presidency, Bengal army of the British.
When the Bengali Intellectuals saw the reality they started the movement for swaraj and home rule. They were instrumental in making sure that Indians were represented in Britain parliament and Indian govt with representative system.
This made the British to look for alternate ethnic group within India who could they rely on and create kinship and build political relationship. They no longer could rely on the enlightened Bengali intellectual to continue their British rule over the natives.
British first did the partition of Bengal in 1905 to appease the Muslim League and then shift the capital to New Delhi in 1911. Simultaneously they increased the Muslim class in the British Army and increased the strength of the Muslims in the civil class and made sure that Punjab and NWFP had more Muslim representative from 1895.
The water canals in the Punjab and land grants and jagirdhari for the Punjabi Muslim military and landlords in Punjab was started from 1900 until the 1940s to increase the Punjabi Muslim and Muslim elite loyalty. The long term goal was to create a large homogeneous class of Indians with whom the British could rely on for long term. This is the reason for the creation of Pakistan in the area and which is still a client state.
that the capital was shifted to delhi to serve muslim interests and not british interests (the british were not at ease in calcutta anymore).
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The Bengali middle class and the educated class were the Indian elite with whom the British used to intellectually interact and transact among the native people. All the institutions were created in Bengal first including the seat of power, asiatic soceity, Presidency college and the Bengal Presidency, Bengal army of the British.
When the Bengali Intellectuals saw the reality they started the movement for swaraj and home rule. They were instrumental in making sure that Indians were represented in Britain parliament and Indian govt with representative system.
This made the British to look for alternate ethnic group within India who could they rely on and create kinship and build political relationship. They no longer could rely on the enlightened Bengali intellectual to continue their British rule over the natives.
British first did the partition of Bengal in 1905 to appease the Muslim League and then shift the capital to New Delhi in 1911. Simultaneously they increased the Muslim class in the British Army and increased the strength of the Muslims in the civil class and made sure that Punjab and NWFP had more Muslim representative from 1895.
The water canals in the Punjab and land grants and jagirdhari for the Punjabi Muslim military and landlords in Punjab was started from 1900 until the 1940s to increase the Punjabi Muslim and Muslim elite loyalty. The long term goal was to create a large homogeneous class of Indians with whom the British could rely on for long term. This is the reason for the creation of Pakistan in the area and which is still a client state.