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In the original plan of Lord Curzon to partition Bengal, which of the following regions was/were supposed to fall in East Bengal?

A

Assam

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Bangladesh

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Bihar

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Odisha

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Solution

The correct options are
A Assam
B Bangladesh
The original plan according to the British Viceroy Lord Curzon was to carve out modern-day Bangladesh and Assam as East Bengal and make Dhaka as the new capital. The other part would be West Bengal including the regions of present-day West Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha. The British cited the administrative reasons for the partition of Bengal.

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