lord curzon decided to partition bengal
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Lord Curzon
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.
Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy of India (1910- 1916), is remembered for the annulment of the Partition of Bengal in 1911.[cancelled partition of Bengal]
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(1) Bengal was a large province.. So under the pretext of administrative convenience, the province of Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon.
(2) Accordingly, the Muslim-majority East Bengal and the Hindu-Majority West Bengal were created in 1905.
(3) The real motive was to create a divide between the Hindus nd and the Muslims and thereby weaken the nationalist movement. The British used the Policy of 'Divide and Rule'.