HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
The momentous decision to transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, to annul the partition of Bengal and to abolish Indian indentured labour were taken during the Viceroyalty of Lord
|
|
Hardinge
|
|
|
Minto
|
|
|
Chelmsford
|
|
|
Reading
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Lord Hardinge-II (1910-1916): Lord Hardinge held Delhi Durbar for the coronation of King George V in 1911 and announced the shift of the capital. He shifted the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in the year 1911. In the same event, he also annulled the partition of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Hardinge was the Governor General of India who proposed the change of capital from Calcutta to New Delhi.
There is 1 question to complete.