The first Partition of Bengal, in 1905, was carried out by

Lord CurzonCorrect answerYour answerLord RiponCorrect answerYour answerLord MintoCorrect answerYour answerLord HardingeCorrect answerYour answer

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Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905, and the decision was annulled in 1911.
Ripon is remembered for local self-government, Minto for the reforms of 1909 that carry his name with Morley's.
Hardinge was the Viceroy at the 1911 Durbar that reversed the partition and moved the capital.

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Four viceroys, four separate decisions. The partition and its annulment fall to different men six years apart.

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