<P> Opposition to the partition was supported by Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton who had been Chief Commissioner of Assam , but Curzon was not to be moved . Later , Cotton , now Liberal MP for Nottingham East coordinated the successful campaign to oust the first lieutenant - governor of East Bengal , Sir Bampfylde Fuller . </P>
who led the agitation against the partition of bengal
Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton who had been Chief Commissioner of Assam