A statue of a former maharaja will be placed in front of the city's iconic Curzon Gate by the Bardhaman municipality. Why, 117 years after leaving India, does this imperialist former viceroy still cause fury and loathing? Just who was Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who partitioned Bengal in 1905?
After it was revealed earlier this week that the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-run Bardhaman municipality had decided to construct a statue of Bardhaman's Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahatab and his wife...
