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Today is #WestBengalDay - 74 years ago on this day, it was decided to partition Bengal in order to create a homeland for Bengali Hindus. At many levels it was a heart-wrenching decision, but Hindu Bengalis knew that they had no choice 1/n
Without Netaji, Bengalis Hindus lacked a clear leader. As independence approached, his elder brother Sarat Bose was somehow convinced by Suharwady to pitch for an independent but undivided Bengal. Jinnah supported this. 2/n
Syama Prasad Mookerjee immediately saw through the trap but he lacked the political muscle. So he reached out to Nalinaksha Sanyal who had been chief whip of the Congress in the provincial assembly of undivided Bengal 3/n
