Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Lord Curzon
The Correct answer is Lord Curzon. - Lord Curzon ordered the partition of Bengal.
- The partition of Bengal into two provinces was effected on 4 July 1905.
- Eastern Bengal and Assam included the whole of Assam and the Dacca, Rajshahi.
- Chittagong divisions of Bengal had its headquarters at Dacca.
- Lord Curzon was appointed as the Viceroy of India in the year 1899 and his Viceroyship ended in the year 1905.
- He became the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1919.
- MacDonnell Commission was appointed by Lord Curzon in 1901 and it submitted its report in the same year.
- Lord Curzon set up a Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer in 1902-03.
Lord Hastings - Lord Hastings served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823.
- His tenure is known for a policy of intervention and war.
- Two important wars viz. Gurkha War and Third Anglo Maratha war occurred during his tenure.
- He simplified the judicial proceedings and abolished the Censorship Act.
Lord Cornwallis - Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal, Banaras, Bihar, Carnatic (North Karnataka), and Orissa.
- Lord Cornwallis was the First English Nobleman to come to India to undertake the office of the Governor-General and also the first of Parliamentary Governor Generals of India.
- He was also the First Governor-General to die in India {during his second term}.
Lord William Bentinck - Lord William Bentinck is credited for the abolition of sati.
- Charter act 1833 was passed by which East India Company ceased to be a trading company
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