How did different parts of the country and people respond to division of Bengal?

On the day of partition i.e. on 16^th Oct 1905, was observed as day of mourning in Bengal. The hartals were declared, people didn’t cooked, processions were taken out, people took dip in river ganga as mourning and walked on street chanting Vande Mataram, people tied Rakhis on each other hand as a sign of Unity.

Swadeshi movement was carried out in order to boycott foreign goods.

Both the rural and urban masses participated, foreign cloths were burned, picketing of shops, boycotting English institutions.