Correct Answer - Option 1 : C
The Correct Answer is Calcutta.
- Calcutta was the capital of India moved to Delhi.
- The foundation of the new capital was laid On December 12, 1911, by King George V during the New Delhi durbar.
- It was 20 years later that King George V, during his visit to India, announced that New Delhi will replace Kolkata (then Calcutta) as the national capital.
- And finally, on February 13, 1931, Lord Irwin inaugurated the new capital - New Delhi.
- The British government believed that ruling India from Delhi was easier and more convenient than from Calcutta.
- Lord Hardinge then Viceroy of India planned and made King George V make a big announcement at the Delhi Darbar of 1911.
- Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and is located in eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly.
- The idea was to use the Bengal partition as a political tool to undermine the growing nationalism in Bengal and other parts of India.
- As per Curzon, after the partition, the two provinces would be -
Bengal (including modern West Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar) and Eastern Bengal and Assam
