Question

Answer the following questions in detail:
1. Give reasons for the following events:
i. Congress split of 1907
ii. Partition of Bengal in 1905

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

i. The Surat Split was the splitting of the Indian National Congress into two groups - the Extremists and the Moderates - at the Surat session in 1907. ... Moderates believed in the policy of settlement of minor issues with the ... The split between these two sections became visible at the end of Congress' Banaras Session (1905).

ii. Partition of Bengal, (1905), division of Bengal carried out by the British viceroy in India, Lord Curzon, despite strong Indian nationalist opposition. It began a transformation of the Indian National Congress from a middle-class pressure group into a nationwide mass movement.