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=== United Bengal plan === | === United Bengal plan === | ||
[[File:Sarat Chandra Bose.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sarat Chandra Bose]] supported the United Bengal plan]]. | [[File:Sarat Chandra Bose.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sarat Chandra Bose]] supported the United Bengal plan]]. | ||
After it became apparent that the division of India on the basis of the [[two-nation theory]] would almost certainly result in the partition of Bengal along religious lines, the Bengal provincial Muslim League leader [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]] came up with a new plan to create an independent Bengal state, which would join neither Pakistan nor India and remain unpartitioned. Suhrawardy realised that if Bengal was partitioned, it would be economically disastrous for East Bengal{{sfn|Tripathi|1998|p=87}} as all coal mines, all but two [[jute mill]]s and other industrial plants would certainly go to the western part since they were in overwhelmingly-Hindu areas.{{sfn|Chakrabarty|2004|p=138}} Most importantly, [[Calcutta]], the largest city in India and an industrial and commercial hub and the largest port, would also go to the western part. Suhrawardy floated his idea on 24 April 1947 at a press conference in Delhi.{{sfn|Chakrabarty|2004|p=132}} | After it became apparent that the division of India on the basis of the [[two-nation theory]] would almost certainly result in the partition of Bengal along religious lines, the Bengal provincial Muslim League leader [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]] came up with a new plan to create an independent Bengal state, which would join neither Pakistan nor India and remain unpartitioned. Suhrawardy realised that if Bengal was partitioned, it would be economically disastrous for East Bengal{{sfn|Tripathi|1998|p=87}} as all coal mines, all but two [[jute mill]]s and other industrial plants would certainly go to the western part since they were in overwhelmingly-Hindu areas.{{sfn|Chakrabarty|2004|p=138}} Most importantly, [[Calcutta]], the largest city in India and an industrial and commercial hub and the largest port, would also go to the western part. Suhrawardy floated his idea on 24 April 1947 at a press conference in Delhi.{{sfn|Chakrabarty|2004|p=132}} | ||