Correct option is B
- In 1905 the first Partition of Bengal was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj.
- Three months after the Viceroy of British India, Lord Curzon, announced his decision to split Bengal, the partition and implemented on 16 October 1905 announced on 19 July 1905.
- On 7 August 1905, one of the first mass protests was organized in Calcutta’s Town Hall.
- The day of partition, 16 October 1905, was declared a day of mourning and fasting.
- The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, composed by Rabindranath Tagore, was sung by boisterous crowds.
- The authorities, not able to end the protests, assented to reversing the partition so King George V announced at Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911 that eastern Bengal would be assimilated into the Bengal Presidency.