Q56
Indian National MovementPartition of Bengal, Swadeshi & Home Rule
After the partition of Bengal, the two new provinces which came into existence were
- a.East Bengal and Bengal
- b.East Bengal and West Bengal
- c.East Bengal and Assam
- d.East Bengal and North Bengal
Answer: (A) East Bengal and Bengal
Lord Curzon's partition, effective 16 October 1905, created (i) the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam, with its capital at Dacca and a Muslim majority, and (ii) a reduced province of Bengal, made up of western Bengal with Bihar and Orissa, with its capital at Calcutta. Hence "East Bengal and Bengal"; "West Bengal" as a name dates only from 1947, and Assam was merged into the eastern province rather than forming a separate one. The partition set off the Swadeshi and Boycott movement and was annulled at the Delhi Durbar of 1911, when the capital was also shifted to Delhi; Bihar and Orissa were then separated in 1912.