Split over Lord Curzon gate: TMC statue politics riles Oppn, experts

Subject: Modern History

Lord Curzon achieved infamy for his decision to partition Bengal in 1905 and now a 119-year-old structure built in honour of Lord Curzon, who served as the Viceroy of India for six years from 1899, in the city of Bardhaman in West Bengal is at the centre of a political row.
Bardhaman’s Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahatab had built the gate in 1903 when Curzon visited the town.

Lord Curzon 1899–1905

Appointment of Police Commission (1902) under Sir Andrew Frazer to review police administration.
Appointment of Universities Commission (1902) and passing of Indian Universities Act (1904).
Establishment of Department of Commerce and Industry.
Calcutta Corporation Act (1899).
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act (1904).
Partition of Bengal (1905).
Curzon-Kitchener controversy.
Younghusband’s Mission to Tibet (1904).
In 1904, the Co-operative Credit Societies Act was passed to induce the people to form societies for the purpose of deposits and loans
In 1900, the Punjab Land Alienation Act was passed which restricted the transfer of lands of the peasants to money-lenders in cases of failure of payment of their debts.
In 1899, the British currency was declared legal tender in India and a pound was declared equivalent to rupees fifteen.
The MacDonnell Commission 1901 was the famine commission appointed by Lord Curzon