*🛡️Lord Curzon* ♟️The Bardhaman municipality, West Bengal has decided to erect a statue of an erstwhile maharaja in front of the landmark Curzon Gate in the city. *💎About Curzon* ♟️He served as Under-Secretary of State for India (1891-1892), and for Foreign Affairs (1895-1898), before being appointed Viceroy of India in 1899. ♟️Of all the Viceroys of India, Curzon is possibly the most criticised — he is the man who partitioned Bengal in 1905, and triggered a wave of Bengali nationalism that contributed to the wider Indian national movement. He was also one of the more openly imperialist of viceroys, and a man who saw Britain’s rule over India as critical to the survival of the empire. ♟️In 1900, Curzon famously stated, “We could lose all our [white settlement] dominions and still survive, but if we lost India, our sun would sink to its setting.” *💎Reforms by Lord Curzon* *♟️Educational* Curzon brought in the Indian Universities Act of 1904,which brought all the universities in India under the control of the government. *♟️Scientific*  The Agriculture Research Institute in Pusa (Bihar – Bengal Presidency) was established. *♟️Administrative* He instituted a Police Commission in 1902 under the chairmanship of Sir Andrew Frazer. ♟️During the Curzon regime, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) was established which covered roughly the areas of the upper course of the River Indus. *♟️Military*  Imperial cadet corpswas set up which became an instrument for the Indianisation of the army later.