Question

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the partition of Bengal, 1905?
1. The day partition took effect - 16 October 1905, was declared a day of mourning throughout Bengal.
2. The decision to partition Bengal was announced on 19 July, 1905
3. All of the given options
4. On September 1, the Government announced that partition was to be effected on 16 October 1905.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : All of the given options

Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. The partition of the Bengal province came into effect during his viceroyalty on 16th October 1905.

• The decision to partition Bengal was announced on 19 July 1905.
• On September 1, the Government announced that the partition was to be effected on 16 October 1905.
• The following weeks saw protest meetings being held almost every day in Bengal; some of these meetings, like the one in Barisal, drew crowds of ten to twelve thousand. 
• The day partition took effect - 16th October 1905 - was declared a day of mourning throughout Bengal.
• People fasted and no fires were lit at the cooking hearth.
• In Calcutta, a strike was called.
• People took out processions and band after band walked barefoot, bathed in the Ganges in the morning and then paraded the streets singing Vande Mataram which almost spontaneously, became the theme song of the movement.

Thus, we can conclude that all of the given options are correct.