Which colonial administrator made the following declaration about the partition of Bengal in 1904 ld...........

History (NDA) Modern History ( 1857-1947)

Which colonial administrator made the following declaration about the partition of Bengal in 1904? “Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in different ways. That is perfectly true and one of the merits of the scheme”.

Lord Curzon

H. H. Risley

Lord Minto

Sir Lancelot Hare

Explanation:

Lord Curzon, India’s Viceroy between 1899 and 1905, was one of the most controversial and consequential holders of that post.

In 1891, he became Under-Secretary of State for India (the deputy minister in the British cabinet responsible for India). He became the youngest Viceroy of India in 1899 at age 39, and remained in office until his resignation in 1905.

The partition of the undivided Bengal Presidency in 1905 was one of Curzon’s most criticised moves, which triggered widespread opposition not only in Bengal but across India, and gave impetus to the freedom movement.

Curzon, in 1901, had famously said, “As long as we rule India we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straightaway to a third-rate power.”