<P> Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Nobel Laureate for literature, invoked Raksha Bandhan and rakhi as concepts to inspire love, respect and a vow of mutual protection between Hindus and Muslims during India's colonial era . In 1905, the British empire divided Bengal, a province of British India on the basis of religion . Rabindra Nath Tagore arranged a ceremony to celebrate Raksha Bandhan to strengthen the bond of love and togetherness between Hindus and Muslims of Bengal, and urge them to together protest the British empire . He used the idea of Raksha Bandhan to spread the feeling of brotherhood . In 1911, British colonial empire reversed the partition and unified Bengal, a unification that was opposed by Muslims of Bengal . Ultimately, Tagore's Raksha Bandhan - based appeals were unsuccessful . Bengal not only was split during the colonial era, one part became modern Bangladesh and predominantly Muslim country, the other a largely Hindu Indian state of West Bengal . Rabindranath Tagore started Rakhi Mahotsavas as a symbol of Bengal unity, and as a larger community festival of harmony . In parts of West Bengal, his tradition continues as people tie rakhis to their neighbors and close friends . </P> <P> One of Tagore's poem invoking rakhi is: </P> <P> The love in my body and heart For the earth's shadow and light Has stayed over years . With its cares and its hope it has thrown A language of its own Into blue skies . It lives in my joys and glooms In the spring night's buds and blooms Like a Rakhi - band On the Future's hand . </P> <P> In the 18th century, states Arvind - Pal Singh Mandair, Sikh Khalsa armies introduced the term Rakhi (Raksha Bandhan) as a promise of protection to farmers from Muslim armies such as those of the Mughals and Afghans, in exchange for sharing a small cut of their produce . </P>

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