45.

And so would it have continued had Netaji's sublime vision of Bengal's future come to pass. He once wrote:

> One of the dreams that have inspired me and given a purpose to my life is that of a great and undivided Bengal devoted to the service of India and of humanity — a Bengal that is above all sects and groups and is the home alike of the Moslem, the Hindu, the Christian and the Buddhist. It is this Bengal — the Bengal of my dreams — the Bengal of the future still in embryo — that I worship and strive to serve in my daily life.

Needless to say, the partition of Bengal put an end to the Bengal of Netaji's dreams!

From:Sri Chinmoy,Mother, Your 50th Independence-Anniversary! I am come. Ever in Your Eternity's Cries and Your Infinity's Smiles, Subhas, Agni Press, 1997
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