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❦Lord Curzon
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Viceroy of India
As Viceroy, Curzon drove the partition of Bengal and defended it as an administrative reform for governing an oversized province.
Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive
Biography
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Context
In the context of British India, especially Bengal, in the early twentieth century., Lord Curzon is recognized as Viceroy of India. As Viceroy, Curzon drove the partition of Bengal and defended it as an administrative reform for governing an oversized province.
Contribution
As Viceroy, Curzon drove the partition of Bengal and defended it as an administrative reform for governing an oversized province.
Impact
His partition plan triggered one of the most important political crises of late colonial Bengal and helped generate the Swadeshi movement.