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Who planned the Partition of Bengal in 1905?

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Viceroy Lord Lytton
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Radicals
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Viceroy Lord Curzon
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The correct option is C Viceroy Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, planned and declared the Partition of Bengal in the year 1905. The British claimed that the partition was done for administrative convenience, but the Indians believed that it divided people along religious lines.

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