When was India’s capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

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  1. 1912
  2. 1905
  3. 1910
  4. 1911

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  • India’s capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the year 1911.
  • Calcutta had become the centre of the nationalist movements since the nineteenth century led to the Partition of Bengal by then Viceroy of British India Lord Curzon.
  • This generated political and religious extend including political eliminations of British officials in Calcutta.
  • Calcutta was situated in the eastern coastal part of India whereas Delhi was located in the northern part.
  • The British Government of India thought that Delhi was easier and more convenient to rule.
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