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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 23 of 200

Q23
Indian National MovementPartition of Bengal, Swadeshi & Home Rule
The First Partition of Bengal took place in
  1. a.1910
  2. b.1911
  3. c.1905
  4. d.1906

Answer: (C) 1905

Lord Curzon's partition of Bengal came into effect on 16 October 1905, which was observed as a day of mourning and Raksha Bandhan, and it launched the Swadeshi movement. The partition was annulled at the Delhi Durbar of December 1911, when the shift of the capital to Delhi was also announced. 1906 is the year the Muslim League was founded at Dacca. 1910 saw the Indian Press Act, used against the nationalist press.

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