When did lord harding separate delhi from punjab after making delhi a capital?
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But why! Some 100 years ago, then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, said in a letter why the Great Britain should move its empire capital from Calcutta to Delhi. The letter was sent from Shimla to London on August 25, 1911 and addressed to the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for
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King George V
When the British Monarch visited India for the first time ever, George V announced that the capital would be shifted from Kolkata to Delhi.
Lord Hardinge
The then viceroy of India had sent a letter to the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for India saying that, Calcutta being the capital is an anomaly as it is situated on the eastern extremity. As a matter of fact, Kolkata being at the extreme left could be difficult for administration and choosing Delhi which is at the center could be helpful for many things.
Indian Councils Act of 1909 allowed Indians to contest for legislative council positions for the first time. This bothered Hardinge as he really wanted to shift the capital where they can govern the colonies more centrally as in Kolkata the elected Indians were gaining more importance. He was pressing the fact that Kolkata was no more a calm capital for the British.
Sir John Jenkins
The self rule revolts : The late 19th century witnessed massive revolutions for the self rule and it was on its peak in Kolkata being the financial and literary center of India back then. The implemented strategy of Divide and Rule which cut the Bengal into two back fired and it strengthened the movements. The Senior member of the Government of India during the British India suggested to shift the capital from Kolkata to lessen the intensity of those movements.
Finally King George V officially approved the shifting of the capital of India from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911.