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The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was essentially aimed at debilitating the Bengali nationalists, who were part of the Congress party. However, Curzon's plan did not work at the time as intended because it only further encouraged the extremists within Congress to resist and rebel against the colonial government.
Lord Curzon initiated the creation of Eastern Bengal and Assam Founding conference of the All India Muslim League in Dacca, 1906. Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, proposed the Partition of Bengal and put it into effect on 16 October 1905. Dacca, the former Mughal capital of Bengal, regained its status as a seat of government.
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FRS, FRGS, FBA (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), known as Lord Curzon, was a British statesman, Conservative politician, explorer and writer who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and Foreign Secretary from 1919 to 1924.
A statue in Calcutta Victoria Memorial of Lord Curzon, who announced the creation of Eastern Bengal and Assam on 16 October 1905. The partition of the large province of Bengal, which was decided upon by Lord Curzon, and Cayan Uddin Ahmet, the Chief Secretary of Bengal carried into execution in October 1905.
[18] Notable historical events like the Partition of Bengal in 1905 ordered by viceroy Lord Curzon, the Bengal famine of 1943, the Great Calcutta Killings of 1946, the Independence and Partition in 1947, the 1958 Resettlement project for East Pakistan refugees in Dandakaranya, the Birth of Bangladesh in 1971, and the Marichjhapi Massacre of ...
Lord; Curzon partitioned Bengal into East Bengal and West Bengal. Although the government said that the province of Bengal was partitioned for administrative; convenience, it was clearly visible that it wanted to create a rift between the Hindus and the Muslims as East Bengal was a Muslim majority region and West Bengal was a Hindu majority region.
Reappointed George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Viceroy of India (1899–1905), in August 1904, he presided over the 1905 partition of Bengal. In 'Lion and the Tiger : The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600–1947', Denis Judd wrote: "Curzon had hoped... to bind India permanently to the Raj.
While Lord Curzon proposed the Partition of Bengal in 1905, Bengali nationalist figure like Surendra Nath Banerjee, Rabindranath Tagore, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Taraknath Palit, Ananda Mohan Bose formed this educational, cultural and socio-political organisation. [2] It was founded on 16 October 1905 in Kolkata on Raksha Bandhan ceremony. [3]