United Bengal
United Bengal was a proposal to transform Bengal Province into an undivided, sovereign state at the time of the Partition of India in 1947. It sought to prevent the division of Bengal on religious grounds. The proposal originated in the pre-partition political leadership of the province, and found some cross-communal support.
Quotes
[edit]- East Bengal and West Bengal share the same culture, the same history, and the same heritage. We cannot be kept apart.
- Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq's speech at a public gathering in Kolkata, 1954. [1]
- I have reached the final stage of my life. I have no more desires. If I can begin the work of removing this false wall between the two Bengals, I will consider myself blessed.
- Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq said this in an emotional tone at a meeting organized by Shanti Sena in Kolkata in 1954. [2]
