1. ACHIEVEMENTS OF LORD CURZON
PresentedTo :
Dr.Ananta Sharma
Assistant Professor of History
Integrated institute of Management
andTechnology
Presented By:
Karuna
37 ( B.Ed)
2. LIFE
HISTORY:
George NathanielCurzon was styled as LordCurzon
BritishConservativeStatement
Viceroy of India (6th January 1899 – 18th November 1905)
Secretary ofState for foreign affairs (1919 - 1924)
3. IMPORTANT EVENTS:
• Comissions:
Famine of 1899 – 1900 (ChappaniaAkal).
Appointment of Famine commission under sir
Antony Mc Donnell.
Commission on irrigation underColinScot
Moncrieff.
Police commission underAndrew frazer.
Education commission (Aka Raleigh
Commission).
4. Enactment ofActs:
Paper currency act (1899)
CalcuttaCorporationAct (1899)
Punjab LandAlienationAct (1900)
Land ResolutionAct (1902)
Indian UniversitiesAct (1904)
Ancient Mounment protectionAct (1904)
Partition of Bengal (1905)
5. o Famine of 1899 – 1900 (ChappaniaAkal)
o Severe Famine occurred India in 1899 – 1900
o affected area - Agra,Oudh, Bengal,Central
provinces, Rajaputana,Gujarath.
6. Effects:
Corresponded toVikram Samvat 1956 thus were
calledChappaniaAkal in local parlance
Famine followed epidemic such as Malaria and
Cholera.
Worst affected people –Tribesof central
provinces, Rajaputana and Bombay
Lakhs of people died by starved
7. Relief measures:
Curzon organized relief measures
Appointed Famine commission and Sir Anthony Mc
Donnel in 1901.
Measures of the commission:
Non official assistance
Construction of more railways to carry relief goods.
Establishment of agricultural banks and cooperative
societies
Distribution of advances and loans to the peasants.
Setting up famine commissioner in Famine affected
areas.
Setting up of irrigation commission.
8. Irrigation commission 1901:
1901 commission was appointed under sirColin – Mon crieff
Construction of irrigation works in accordance with the broad plans.
Important strategy was a network of canals in Punjab.
Comprising a main canal of 2714 kilometers and other link canals.
9. Police commission:
Setup a police commission under sirAndrew
Frazer in 1902 -03.
Recommendation - a basic structure of India
domestic intelligence developed .
Attached department of criminal Intelligence .
Setup theCriminal Investigation Department
(CIDs)
in the provinces of British India.
Thugi and Dakaiti department areas abolished.
10. Raleigh commission:
• To bring the universities under control he appointed this
commission.
• HOD only one Indian member namelySyed Hussain
Belgami submitted its report in 1902.
• Raleigh bill became an act must called Indian
UniversitiesAct 1904.
Recommendations:
1. 1. Reorganized the constitution of theSyndicates.
2. Official inspection of the colleges.
3. Affiliation and disaffilation of the colleges in the hands
of the government.
Criticised by the Indians. However it became a
permanent feature in the Indian education.
11. Ancient Mounments PreservationAct 1904
Most remarkableAct
Act made any injury to the protected
mounments an offence
Punishable under law.
Established the Archaeological Department.
Aim:
1. To collect historical documents and importance.
2. To conduct excavations.
3. To bring the ancient historical information into
light.
12. Partition of Bengal 1905:
Curzons felt Bengal as a large unit to be administered.
Unwanted to be a single unit.
So he partitioned Bengal onOctober 16, 1905in to two parts.
Eastern Bengal andAssam – I part .
Rest of Bengal (West Bengal) – II part .
Effects:
Congress made protest and agitation became mass moment.
It was an intrigue to divide Hindus and Muslims.
Boycott and swdeshi movement followed ,Vande Mataram
became the symbol.
On 16th October 1905 Bengalis kept fast.
Partition was later annulled in 1911.
13. Conclusion:
There were disappointment in Indian politics return
to Britain.
He was appointed as foreign secretaries.
He faced bitter experiences.
He left politics in 1924.
Title :
1911 Earl of Curzon,Viscount Scarsdale and Baron
Ravensdale.
1916 Peerage ofGreat Britain.
1921 the MarquessCurzon of Kedleston.
