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The British Viceroy who ordered Partition of Bengal was ___________.
The British Viceroy who ordered Partition of Bengal was ___________.
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The correct option is A Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon was the British Viceroy who ordered partition of Bengal. The order was made public in 1905 and the official reason given was that Bengal with a population of 78 million had become too big to be administered. The reason was true to an extent but the real motive was to weaken the nerve centre of the movement by dividing it on the lines of religion. The decision met with wide opposition in the form of Swadeshi movement. It was decided to annul the partition of Bengal in 1911 mainly to control the danger of revolutionary terrorism.
Lord Curzon was the British Viceroy who ordered partition of Bengal. The order was made public in 1905 and the official reason given was that Bengal with a population of 78 million had become too big to be administered. The reason was true to an extent but the real motive was to weaken the nerve centre of the movement by dividing it on the lines of religion. The decision met with wide opposition in the form of Swadeshi movement. It was decided to annul the partition of Bengal in 1911 mainly to control the danger of revolutionary terrorism.
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