Identify the name of the Lieutenant Governor who proposed schemes for the partition of Bengal:

Frederick James Halliday

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Andrew Fraser

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H. H. Risley

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William Ward

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Solution

The correct option is B Andrew Fraser
In 1896, William Ward, the then Chief Commissioner of Assam, proposed that the entire Chittagong division and districts like Dhaka and Mymensingh be included in Assam. British officials like Lieutenant Governor Andrew Fraser and Home Secretary of India, H. H. Risley, proposed schemes for the partition of Bengal.

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