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Oct 2, 2024 · - The Bengal Presidency was too large for one governor to administer, so Viceroy Curzon divided Bengal into EAST and WEST Bengal in 1905. - Hindus Protested against partition because they would not have authority on the state as they would become a minority among the Biharis and Oriyas in West Bengal.
The official reason behind the partition of Bengal province was administrative ease. However, the letter of promulgation of partition indicates that the British wanted to break the Hindu-Muslim solidarity in the region.
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The Bengal Presidency emerged from trading posts established in the Bengal province during the reign of Emperor Jahangir in 1612. The East India Company (HEIC), a British monopoly with a Royal Charter, competed with other European companies to gain influence in Bengal.
The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas.
Bengal Presidency: expanded after the battles of Plassey (1757) and Buxar (1764), and after the Second and Third Anglo-Maratha Wars.
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The Bengal Presidency, at its greatest extent, stretched up to Punjab in the northwest, Assam in the northeast, and parts of Burma (now Myanmar) and the Strait of Malacca in the southeast.
