Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦United Bengal Proposal
Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 1947.
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Chief Minister of Bengal
As Bengal's last undivided premier, he was a central actor in late colonial crisis politics and a leading advocate of the United Bengal proposal.
Calcutta and Bengal, 1946-1947.
He shaped the debate over whether Bengal would remain united, be partitioned, or seek an independent path.
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He worked with Suhrawardy to promote an independent and undivided Bengal as partition approached.
Negotiations over Bengal's future in 1947.
He became one of the clearest voices against dividing Bengal along communal lines.
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