There were reasons for dissatisfaction at home. India had at the time a particularly autocratic viceroy, Lord Curzon, whose policies were making him unpopular and causing a great deal of resentment.. The amended offical secrets act of 1904 made criticism in the news paper a punishable offence if it were" Likely to bring the govt or constitutional authority into suspension are contempt. " People beloved this act interfered with civil liberties. His offical universities act aimed at government control of higher education. And his comments on Indian character enraged public opinion. Speaking on the budget proposal of 1904 He said : " The highest rank of civil employment in India must as a general rule be held by english men for the reason that they possess, partly by heredity, partly by upbringing, partly by education.., the knowledge of the principles of govt, the habits of mind, the vigour of character, which are essential for the task. ":
And addressing the convocation of calcutta university moral codes of the west before it had been similarly honoured in the east where Craftiness and diplomatic skill have always been held in much repute. " He ended his speech by denying there was any such thing as an Indian nation he did not seem to realize the hostility his statement s and actions where arousing and he had greatly under estimated the growing nationalist Fervour when he made his famous judgement in a letter to the secretary of state in 1900...." My own feeling is that congress is Torturing to it's fall, and on of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.. "
Nothing could have been further from fact, for the congress was about to enter a new militant phase of agitation, and this began when Lord Curzan decided, on the plea of more efficient administration, to partiton Bengal.........
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