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| Question | Answer |
| What did Curzon do to try and protect India's northern border? | Created the North West Frontier Province in 1901 |
| Why was a buffer zone needed? | To protect the 'wild north west' - notoriously difficult to control border with Afghanistan. |
| Name three improvements made by Curzon that benefitted the Indian people. | Communications - the telegraph system was installed. Transport - built new roads, increased the railway network by 10,000km Agriculture - Increased area of irrigated land by 3 million hectares. Established the Indian Archaeological Survey - worked to preserve important buildings esp. Taj Mahal. |
| When was the partition of Bengal? | 1905 |
| Why did Curzon say he partitioned Bengal? | To make it easier to govern - it was a huge province (78 million people) and therefore difficult to control efficiently. There were also often floods and famines. |
| Why is the partition of Bengal seen by some as an attempt to 'divide and rule'? | Because it helped to drive a wedge between Hindus and Muslims. It created a Muslim majority stat which made Hindus unhappy. |
| Who was the partition of Bengal a particular attack on? | Congress - Bengal was where their main powerbase was. The partition was at least partly about breaking the power of Congress. |
| How did nationalists react to the Partition of Bengal? | National protest - Newspapers articles and letters, Swadesh (boycotts), Terrorism (1909 Member of the India Office was shot in London) |
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