who was responsible for partition of bengal and why was it done
Partition of Bengal (1905) The provincial state of Bengal had an area of 490,000 km2 (189,000 mi2) and a population of nearly 78.5 million. It comprised West Bengal with a Hindu majority and East Bengal and Assam with a Muslim majority. It included the Hindi-speaking regions of Bihar, the Odia-speaking regions of Odisha as well as the Assamese-speaking region of Assam, making it a huge administrative entity. Moreover, the capital, Calcutta, was also the capital of the entire British India. With the growing efforts of the Indian freedom fighters to secure the independence of India, Lord Curzon decided to address both these problems by partitioning Bengal into two entities, which would result in a Muslim-majority in the eastern part, and a Hindu-majority in the western part. This he hoped would reduce the administrative pressures.