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Question
What measure did Lord Curzon take to reduce the ‘influence of Bengal’?
Options
Partition of Bengal
Swadeshi Movement
Boycott Movement
Bengal Land Act
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Solution
Partition of Bengal
Explanation:
Lord Curzon’s primary motivation for the 1905 Partition of Bengal was a “divide and rule” strategy to weaken the burgeoning nationalist movement in Bengal by creating a Hindu-majority province and a Muslim-majority one, thereby sowing religious discord.
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