Bengal Division:
- On 16th October, 1905, Lord Curzon through a royal proclamation reduced the old province of Bengal in size by creating East Bengal and Assam out of rest of Bengal.
- Main objective of this move was to set up a communal gulf between the Hindus and the Muslims.
- Swadesi andolan was started against British in 1905 against Bengal division. People started boycotting foreign goods.
- In 1911, Bengal was reunited and Delhi was declared as new capital. Lord Hardinge was the governor general at that time.
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