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Question
What were Curzon’s two real motives behind the partition of Bengal.
Solution
Curzon’s motive behind partitioning Bengal were:
(i) Curb the radical Bengali nationalists and thus to weaken the nationalist movement.
(ii) To set the Hindus and Muslims against each other.
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