What was the actual reason considered to be behind the Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Divide and Rule Policy of the British.

Key Points

The actual reason considered to be behind the Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon was Divide and Rule Policy of the British.
Partition of Bengal was announced on 19 July 1905 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India, and implemented on 16 October 1905.
Lord Curzon was the then Viceroy of India and he announced the partition of Bengal.
The stated reason was to ease the administration but the actual reason was to weaken the growing nationalism in Bengal.
As per Curzon, after the partition, the two provinces would be Bengal (including modern West Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar) and Eastern Bengal and Assam.

Additional Information

Annulment of Bengal
- The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911.
- Partition of Bengal was cancelled by Lord Hardinge II.
- The capital of British India was moved to Delhi from Calcutta in 1911.
- Despite the annulment, the partition already succeeded in making a communal divide between Muslims and Hindus of Bengal.