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Download Solution PDFIn which year was the partition of Bengal carried out by the British Viceroy Lord Curzon?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1905.
Key Points
- Partition of Bengal
- Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on 20th July 1905.
- The partition came into effect on 16th October 1905.
- At that time of partition, Bengal was the biggest province of British India that included Bihar and parts of Orissa.
- The British argued that the division was for administrative convenience.
- The partition of the Bengal is an example of the British policy of divide and rule.
- The main reason for the partition of Bengal was to destroy the political influence of the educated middle class among whom the Bengali intelligentsia was the most prominent.
- The swadeshi movement was started to protest against the partition of Bengal.
- Bengal partition was finally canceled by Lord Hardinge in 1911.
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