Question

write one major reason that forced the British to relocate their capital from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911

Answer 1



Write one major reason that forced the British to relocate their capital from Calcutta to New Delhi

The reason behind the shift the capital from Calcutta to Delhi was the rising opposition to the British rule that raised its head in Calcutta. The movement to get self-rule for India had become violent by this time & the British government was facing the heat of this movement that was most vociferous in Calcutta. To weaken this movement of self-rule, the British government had divided Calcutta into two parts, East Bengal and West Bengal, in the year 1905.

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Answer 2

As Delhi had been the financial and political seat of many earlier empires .
However , the reason behind to shift from Calcutta to Delhi was the rising opposition to the British rule that raised its head in Calcutta and also Delhi is in northern part .