WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India. By the latter half of the 19th century, Shimla had become the summer capital. King George V proclaimed the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi at the climax of the 1911 Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911.

Detailed explanation-2: -Calcutta was the capital city of British India. In 1911, the British shifted their capital from Calcutta to Delhi. Q.

Detailed explanation-3: -In December 1911 King George V of Britain decreed that the capital of British India would be moved from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi.

Detailed explanation-4: -From 1772 to 1911, Calcutta was the capital of British India. From 1912 to India’s Independence in 1947, it was the capital of all of Bengal. After Independence, Calcutta remained the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Calcutta did not become the capital of British India until 1772, when the first governor-general, Warren Hastings, transferred all important offices to the city from Murshidabad, the provincial Mughal capital.