Question

why was the Indian capital changed from Calcutta to delhi?

Answer 1

Answer:

The capital was shifted from Calcutta as Delhi was the financial and political seat of many earlier empires and was located closer to the geographical center of India. The rising nationalist movement in Calcutta was also responsible for the shift.

Answer 2

Answer:

The main reasons was that a burgeoning opposition to colonial rule had made Calcutta far less hospitable.

Calcutta had become the epicenter of the nationalist movement since the late nineteenth century. In a bid to weaken this opposition, in 1905, the colonial government cleaved the powerful province of Bengal into two portions.

That's why capital was shifted from Calcutta as Delhi was the financial and political seat of many earlier empires and was located closer to the geographical center of India.

In northern part it was easy for British rulers to rule India .