Question
Download Solution PDFWhich British Viceroy in India carried out the partition of Bengal?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Lord Curzon.
Important Points
- Bengal was partitioned by the British viceroy Lord Curzon.
- 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 cancelled by Lord Hardinge in 1911.
Additional Information
- Lord Lytton was the viceroy who passed the vernacular press act in 1878.
- Lord Canning was the first viceroy and the last governor-general of India.
- Lord Dalhousie was the Governor-General of India who started the first railway line in India in 1853(connecting Bombay to Thane).
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