Kubva pakuparadzaniswa kweBengal muna 1905 zvichienderana nechitendero kwakatungamira mukuratidzira kukuru, zvichiita kuti Calcutta ive nzvimbo isinganyanyi kugamuchira vaBritish. Guta rakatamiswa kuNew Delhi muna 1911. Calcutta yakaramba iri nzvimbo yemasangano echimurenga ane chekuita neIndian kurwira rusununguko. Guta nechiteshi charo zvakarwiswa bhomba kanoverengeka nemaJapan pakati pa1942 na1944, panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Zvichienderana nehondo, mamirioni akafa nenzara panguva yenzara yeBengal ya1943 nekuda kwekubatanidzwa kwemauto, manejimendi, uye zvakasikwa zvinhu. Zvikumbiro zvekugadzirwa kwenyika yeMuslim zvakakonzera mhirizhonga yemarudzi muna 1946 yakauraya vanhu vanopfuura zviuru zvina.
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