Multiple choice

Who among the following was responsible for the partition of Bengal in 1905?

  1. Lord Minto

  2. Lord Lytton

  3. Lord Curzon

  4. None of these

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India from 1899-1905, partitioned Bengal in 1905 officially for administrative convenience but actually to divide the Hindu-Muslim population along communal lines and weaken the nationalist movement. The partition was later annulled in 1911.