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.

When was Bengal partitioned and why?

Announced on 19 July 1905 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India, and implemented on 16 October 1905, it was undone a mere six years later. The Hindus of West Bengal complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Orissa.

Who Cancelled Bengal partition?

In 1911, Lord Hardinge scrapped the Partition of Bengal because there were riots and violence spread all around against the partition. People started the Swadeshi and Boycott movement after the division of Bengal. Hence, Lord Hardinge on the visit of King George V announced the reunification of Bengal.