Which policy decision of Lord Curzon directly provoked strong nationalist opposition in the early 1900s?
Enacting the Universities Act of 1904, which tightened official control over Indian higher education.
Lord Curzon, Viceroy from 1899 to 1905, pursued several controversial measures that fuelled Indian nationalism.
The Indian Universities Act of 1904 brought universities under tighter government control and reduced the autonomy of Indian-managed institutions.
Nationalists saw it as an attempt to curb the spread of higher education, which was nurturing political awareness, and it therefore provoked strong opposition.
The other options describe only minor routine administrative changes that did not spark such agitation.
Hence, the decision that directly provoked nationalist opposition was the enactment of the Universities Act of 1904.
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