India, it is well known, is not one but several cultures packed into one, and their synthesis was accomplished with varying, degrees of completeness in different regions. Again, the dissimilar political developments in the regions have reinforced the degrees of synthesis. Thus, there are many regional personalities in India, and there are several levels of regional consciousness. But, as in Tamil Nadu, in west Bengal regionalism is an essential element of the local political tradition. An important impulse in contemporary thought and action of the Bengalees is provided by their political tradition. It is an association of regional pride and radicalism. which at a certain Stage of history got mixed up and lost their separate identities. The Bengali renaissance, which heralded a new dawn in India, is treasured up in regional literature, fables and myths, and provides even today a sustaining framework for comparative appraisal and regional glorification for comparative appraisal and regional glorification. A sense of pride which the 19th century upsurge generated, was reinforced by the great agitation against Lord Curzon’s plan of Bengal partition and Bengal’s leadership of national movement till the advent of Gandhi.