Question

Why was the Bengal partitioned in 1905?

Answer 1

Bengal was partitioned in 1905 by Lord Curzon because he wanted to split the united bengalis so that the Independence movement could become weak but instead it became more stronger than ever.

Answer 2

Answer:

Partition of Bengal was first affected in 1905 by the Viceroy and Governor-General Lord Curzon on the plea that the province of Bengal as it was then constituted, inclusive of Bihar and Orissa, was too large to be administered by a Lieutenant-Governor and led to the neglect of the districts in Eastern Bengal where the Mohammedan population predominated.

Therefore 15 districts of north and Eastern Bengal comprised in the Rajshahi, Dacca and Chittagong divisions, Yuva United with Assam and a new province called Eastern Bengal and Assam was created and separated from the old Bengal which continued to be along with Bihar and Orissa, one administrative unit.

This measure was greatly resented by the people of Bengal especially by the Hindus who held that it meant the partition of a nation, and attempt to divide a homogeneous people, a deliberate as sinister attack upon the tradition, history and language of the people, and as a means for keeping on the check the political aspirations of the people.

In spite of the province wide agitation against it the measure was carried and enforced. The people of Bengal tried to prevent its implementation by insisting on the boycott of British goods especially cotton Textiles and the observance of 30th Asvin (16th October) on which the partition was effected, as a day of national mourning and unity.