East Bengal/first Partition 1905%e2%80%931912 British Period

Famous quotes containing the words east, bengal, british and/or period:

    “Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee;
    And was the safeguard of the West:”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “In Bengal to move at all
    Is seldom, if ever, done,
    But mad dogs and Englishmen
    Go out in the midday sun.”
    —Noël Coward (1899–1973)

    “If we were doing this in the Falklands they would love it. It’s part of our heritage. The British have always been fighting wars.”
    —British soccer fan. quoted in Independent (London, Dec. 23, 1988)

    “... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there have been unnecessary killings.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)