Question

Why lord curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905?

Answer 1

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Lord Curzon's intention was not specifically to divide Hindus from Muslims, but only to divide Bengalis. The Western districts formed the other province with Orissa and Bihar. The union of western Bengal with Orissa and Bihar reduced the speakers of the Bengali language to a minority.

The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. Announced on 19 July 1905 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India, and implemented on 16 October 1905, it was undone a mere six years later.

Answer 2

Answer:

In july 1905 lord curzon announced the division of Bengal into two provinces that is East Bengal and West Bengal.

Curzon advocated that Bengal was divided in order to efficiently administer the province of bengal. It was a plan of British to spread communal disharmony because while west Bengal and Hindus in majority,Muslims were majority in East Bengal.It was an attempt by British to divide Bengal on communal lines and break nationalist forces in Bengal.