The correct answer is Neither 1 nor 2. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • In 1905 Viceroy Curzon partitioned Bengal. • At that time Bengal was the biggest province of British India and included Bihar and parts of Orissa. • The Partition of Bengal was carried out on 16 October 1905 which resulted in the division of Bengal into Eastern Bengal and Western Bengal. • The British argued for dividing Bengal for reasons of administrative convenience. • But what did “administrative convenience” mean? Whose “convenience” did it represent? Clearly, it was closely tied to the interests of British officials and businessmen. • Even so, instead of removing the non-Bengali areas from the province, the government separated East Bengal and merged it with Assam. • Perhaps the main British motives were to curtail the influence of Bengali politicians and to split the Bengali people. • The partition of Bengal infuriated people all over India. • All sections of the Congress – the Moderates and the Extremist, as they may be called – opposed it. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect. • Moderates such as Surendranath Banerjee, K.K.Mitra led an anti-partition campaign. • They followed petition, prayer, and protest methods. • Meetings were held all over Bengal and a decision was taken to boycott the foreign goods. • The message to Boycott the Manchester cloth and Liverpool salt was spread throughout Bengal by the leaders. • The Indian National Congress under the leadership of Gopal Krishna Gokhale rejected the Partition of Bengal and resolved to support the Swadeshi movement and boycott. • Large public meetings and demonstrations were organized and novel methods of mass protest developed. • The struggle that unfolded came to be known as the Swadeshi movement, strongest in Bengal but with echoes elsewhere too – in deltaic Andhra for instance, it was known as the Vandemataram Movement. • In 1911, King George V visits India owing to mass political protests, the Bengal partition was annulled in 1911. • Partition of Bengal was abrogated by King George V at the Royal Durbar in Delhi in 1911. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect. • The capital of British India was moved to Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata). • East and West Bengal were reunited while Bihar and Orissa became separate provinces. • A separate Assam province was created.