With reference to the Civil Administration in 1905, which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Lord Curzon decided to rearrange the provincial boundaries. 2. A new province was constituted, called East Bengal and Assam. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2 . Key Points Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. The partition of the Bengal province came into force during his viceroyalty on 16 th October 1905. Hence statement 1 is correct. According to Curzon, after the partition, the two provinces would be Bengal (including modern West Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar) and Eastern Bengal and Assam. Hence statement 2 is correct. Important Points Bengal would have a Hindu majority and Eastern Bengal and Assam would have a Muslim majority population. Its capital would remain Calcutta. There was widespread political unrest in the province after Curzon announced the partition. Many people in Bengal regarded this partition as an insult to their motherland. There was a huge cry for the unity of Bengal. Rabindranath Tagore composed the famous song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ which later became the national anthem of Bangladesh. The Indian National Congress opposed this move to separate the province on communal lines. Many Muslims from the Bengali Muslim community welcomed this step since they thought that it would improve their educational, economic, and political interests if they became the majority in the new province. Owing to mass political protests, the partition was revoked in 1911.