Administrative History | MCQs

Explanation

• The Partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon on 20 July 1905.
• It came into force on 16 October 1905.
• The Hindu community and the Indian National Congress strongly opposed it.
• In December 1911, King George V announced the revocation of the partition at his Coronation Durbar in Delhi.

Explanation

Lord Mountbatten replaced Lord Wavell as the viceroy of India in 1947.

Explanation

Satyendranath Tagore was an Indian Bengali civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer and linguist from Kolkata, West Bengal.

He was the first Indian who became an Indian Civil Service officer in 1863.

He was a member of Bramho Samaj.