Statue Of Lord Curzon - Sculpture in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

This is incredible sculpture... Lord Curzon appointed a number of commissions to inquire into education, irrigation, police and other branches of administration, on whose reports legislation was based during his second term of office as viceroy. Reappointed Governor-General in August 1904, On July 20 1905 Lord Curzon announced the division of Bengal into Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam.

Awsome place..you can have ticket in 30 rupees and for foreigner its about 500 INR which is quiet expensive. Great views from the outside and nothing so much attractive in inside

When entering from west side this is the first thing what your eyes seeing.

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In January 1899 he was appointed Viceroy of India. Within India, Curzon appointed a number of commissions to inquire into education, irrigation, police and other branches of administration, on whose reports legislation was based during his second term of office as viceroy. Reappointed Governor-General in August 1904, he presided over the 1905 partition of Bengal.In 'Lion and the Tiger : The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947', Denis Judd wrote: "Curzon had hoped... to bind India permanently to the Raj. Ironically, his partition of Bengal, and the bitter controversy that followed, did much to revitalize Congress. Curzon, typically, had dismissed the Congress in 1900 as 'tottering to its fall'. But he left India with Congress more active and effective than at any time in its history."

It also a very important place in Indian history. It is the statue of Lord Curzon infront of Victoria Memorial. Lord Curzon, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905, during which time he created the territory of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and fought with the British military commander Lord Kitchener. During the First World War he served in the small War Cabinet of Prime Minister David Lloyd George as Leader of the House of Lords (from December 1916), as well as the War Policy Committee. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1924.

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FBA (11 January 1859 - 20 March 1925), was styled as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911, and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. During his time as viceroy, Lord Curzon created the territory of Eastern Bengal and Assam. He resigned after a political dispute with the British military commander Lord Kitchener. During the First World War, Curzon served in the small War Cabinet of Prime Minister David Lloyd George as Leader of the House of Lords (from December 1916), as well as the War Policy Committee

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FBA (11 January 1859 - 20 March 1925), was styled as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911, and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. During his time as viceroy, Lord Curzon created the territory of Eastern Bengal and Assam. He resigned after a political dispute with the British military commander Lord Kitchener. During the First World War, Curzon served in the small War Cabinet of Prime Minister David Lloyd George as Leader of the House of Lords (from December 1916), as well as the War Policy Committee. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Foreign Office from 1919 to 1924. Leader of the House of Lords In office 3 November 1924 - 20 March 1925 Monarch George V Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Preceded by The Viscount Haldane Succeeded by The Marquess of Salisbury In office 10 December 1916 - 22 January 1924 Monarch George V Prime Minister David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Preceded by The Marquess of Crewe Succeeded by The Viscount Haldane Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 23 October 1919 - 22 January 1924 Monarch George V Prime Minister David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Preceded by Arthur Balfour Succeeded by Ramsay MacDonald Lord President of the Council In office 3 November 1924 - 20 March 1925 Monarch George V Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Preceded by The Lord Parmoor Succeeded by The Earl of Balfour In office 10 December 1916 - 23 October 1919 Monarch George V Prime Minister David Lloyd George Preceded by The Marquess of Crewe Succeeded by Arthur Balfour President of the Air Board In office 15 May 1916 - 3 January 1917 Monarch George V Prime Minister H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Preceded by The Earl of Derby Succeeded by The Viscount Cowdray Viceroy of India In office 6 January 1899 - 18 November 1905 Monarch Victoria Edward VII Deputy The Lord Ampthill Preceded by The Earl of Elgin Succeeded by The Earl of Minto Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 20 June 1895 - 15 October 1898 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury Preceded by Sir Edward Grey Succeeded by St John Brodrick Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India In office 9 November 1891 - 11 August 1892 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury Preceded by Sir John Eldon Gorst Succeeded by George W. E. Russell Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal In office 21 January 1908 - 20 March 1925 Hereditary Peerage Preceded by The 4th Lord Kilmaine (as Representative peer) Succeeded by The 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (in Barony) The 2nd Viscount Scarsdale (in Viscountcy) Member of Parliament for Southport In office 27 July 1886 - 24 August 1898 Preceded by George Augustus Pilkington Succeeded by Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland Personal details Born George Nathaniel Curzon 11 January 1859 Kedleston, Derbyshire, England Died 20 March 1925 (aged 66) London, England Political party Conservative Spouse(s) Mary Leiter (m. 1895; died 1906) Grace Duggan (m. 1917) Children Mary Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale Lady Cynthia Mosley Lady Alexandra Curzon Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford Despite his successes as both viceroy and foreign secretary, in 1923 Curzon was denied the office of prime minister. Bonar Law and other Conservative Party leaders preferred to have Stanley Baldwin rather than Curzon as prime minister and these views were made known to King George V. David Gilmour, in his biography Curzon: Imperial Statesman (1994), contends that Curzon deserved the top position.