Saturday, October 4, 2014

LORD CURZON(1899-1905)

CURZON ARRIVAL IN INDIA MARKED WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS FAMINE IN INDIA.
IN THE FAMINE ALMOST,6 MILLION PEOPLE DIED BUT EXACT NUMBER CAN BE AROUND 9 CRORE.
CURZON DID NOT HELP THE FAMINE SUFFERED PEOPLE AS IT WAS SAID THAT IF CROWNS WOULD BECOME GENEROUS TOWARD THEM,THEN THE PEOPLE MIGHT BE EXTRA DEPENDENT ON THE CROWNS FOR HELP.
ALSO CURZON HAD THE DARE TO SEPERATE OR PARTITION THE BENGAL IN 1905.
THE MAIN PARTITION WAS WITH BENGALI HINDU AND BENGALI MUSLIM.
HOWEVER IN 1911,THE DECISION WAS TAKEN ABACK AND BENGAL WAS MADE UNITED.
THE TWO BENGAL FORMED WERE BENGAL AND OTHER WAS EAST BENGAL AND ASSAM WITH CAPITAL DHAKA.

ALSO,CURZON SHOWED A GREAT INTEREST IN RESTORATION OF TAJ MAHAL.
HE ALSO HAS SHOWN A GREAT INTEREST IN CHANGING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA.
HE CALLED A CONFERENCE IN SHIMLA FOR CHANGING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA.
AROUND 150 RESOLUTION WAS PASSED IN THAT RESOLUTION AND ALL OF THE RESOLUTION WAS BASICALLY FROM THE POINT OF CONTEXT OF EDUCATION.
ALSO AN ACT KNOWN AS INDIAN UNIVERSITY ACT 1904 WAS PASSED WHICH WAS A FORWARD STEP TO THE INDIAN EDUCATION ACT 1902.
IN 1901,LORD CURZON FORMED IMPERIAL CADET CORP.
THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO TRAIN INDIAN PRINCE AND PRINCESS WITH THE MILLITARY TRAINING.
PASSED ANCIENT MONUMENT PROTECTION ACT 1904.
PASSED INDIAN COINAGE AND PAPER CURRENCY ACT 1899.
EXTENDED INDIAN RAILWAY TO A GREAT EXTENT.

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