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When was Kolkata named the capital of British India?

  1. 1772

  2. 1775

  3. 1776

  4. 1778
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Kolkata (then Calcutta) was named the capital of British India in 1772 when Warren Hastings moved the capital from Murshidabad to Calcutta. This marked the beginning of Calcutta's prominence as the political and commercial center of British India until 1911 when the capital was shifted to Delhi.

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