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India · 1903Curzon's Delhi Durbar and the Bengal partition proposal

Lord Curzon's rule was marked in 1903 by the lavish Delhi Durbar of 1 January, celebrating Edward VII as Emperor of India. In December, the government circulated its proposal to partition Bengal, giving rise to anti-partition agitation, while reports on police, irrigation and railways shaped colonial administrative policy.

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Key figures

Lord Curzon — Viceroy of India (1899–1905); staged the 1903 Delhi Durbar and initiated the Bengal partition plan.Lal Mohan Ghosh — President of the INC's 1903 Madras session.Surendranath Banerjee — prominent leader of the early anti-partition agitation in Bengal.Sir Andrew Fraser — chaired the Indian Police Commission (1902–03).Francis Younghusband — led the British mission to Tibet in 1903–04.Sree Narayana Guru — spiritual leader associated with the SNDP Yogam and anti-caste reform in Kerala.

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