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Which colonial administrator made the following declaration about the partition of Bengal in 1904? “Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in different ways. That is perfectly true and one of the merits of the scheme”

Which colonial administrator made the following declaration about the partition of Bengal in 1904? “Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in different ways. That is perfectly true and one of the merits of the scheme” Correct Answer H. H. Risley

The correct answer is Option 2, i.e H.H. Risley.

  • Andrew Fraser, the then Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, was convinced that certain districts of Bengal had become the “hotbed of purely Bengali movement”.
  • H.H. Riskey, who was the Home Secretary of Government of India, believed that the best way to diminish the preponderance of Bengalis in Provincial Politics was to divide them.
  • “Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in different ways. That is perfectly true and one of the merits of the scheme”
  • Sir Lancelot Hare (1851–1922) was a British civil servant and former Lieutenant Governor of the Bengal province of the British Raj.

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2. A son is liable, after partition, for the debts contracted by his father before partition which are not immoral or illegal.
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1. Which is assessed to payment of revenue to the Government, must make over the matter for such partition or separation to be made by the Collector.
2. Which is not so assessed to payment of revenue to the Government, must examine if the partition or separation can be conveniently made and for this, may issue a Commission to make the partition or separation.
3. If on examination of the report of the Commissioner, the Court finds that the property cannot be divided by metes and bounds, it may put it to sale and divide the proceeds thereof.
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(vii) Child Insurance Scheme