Explanation

Lord Canning was the last Governor-General of East India Company.

He became the first Viceroy of India under Crown rule after the Queen Victoria's proclamation (also called Magna Carta of India) in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Explanation

• The Partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon on 20 July 1905.
• It came into force on 16 October 1905.
• The Hindu community and the Indian National Congress strongly opposed it.
• In December 1911, King George V announced the revocation of the partition at his Coronation Durbar in Delhi.

Explanation

In 1905 Minto was appointed viceroy of India, with John Morley as secretary of state.

Explanation

On 3 June 1947 Lord Mountbatten announced the partition plan

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The 3rd June 1947 Plan was also known as the Mountbatten Plan.

The 3rd June Plan announced the partition of British India into 2 states:

• India
• Pakistan

Punjab and Bengal were divided in the 3rd June Plan.

The third June Plan was worked out by Lord Mountbatten.

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The 3 June 1947 Plan was also known as the Mountbatten Plan.

The British government proposed a plan, announced on 3 June 1947, that included these principles:

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Explanation

On 8 August 1940, early in the Battle of Britain, the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, made the so-called "August Offer" at Simla.