Partition of Bengal and opposition to Raj

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what year did Viceroy Curzon split the province of Bengal into two areas?
1905
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Curzon paritioned Bengal because the population was too big to manage as one province. How many lived there?
80 million
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why did Hindus react angrily?
because they were now minority group in East Bengal
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Congress became what after the Partition
voice of national resentment to Raj
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the swadeshi campaign to get curzon to reverse his decision involved what?
boycott british goods and burn al imported and luzury items
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the police act involved which 4 things to settle protests?
1. Streets were cleared of protesters by the Indian army. 2.Activists were arrested. 3.Public meetings were banned. 4. Strict censorship measures were introduced.
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what year did curzon decide to reverse the Partition of Bengal?
1911
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Curzon paritioned Bengal because the population was too big to manage as one province. How many lived there?

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80 million

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Congress became what after the Partition

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the swadeshi campaign to get curzon to reverse his decision involved what?

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