Modern India

Partition of Bengal 1905

English

Period1905–1911 Exam importanceHigh

Viceroy Curzon’s division of Bengal into two provinces, officially justified as an administrative measure but widely seen as intended to weaken Bengali political unity and Hindu-Muslim solidarity — it triggered the Swadeshi movement and was eventually annulled in 1911.

This comes up a lot in the exam

The complete notes cover it, and the rest of the syllabus, at the same depth.

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