Multiple choice

Who among the following British Governor- Generals shifted India' s capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911?

  1. Lord Louis Mountbatten

  2. Lord Canning

  3. Lord Hardinge

  4. Warren Hastings

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Hardinge (Charles Hardinge) was the Viceroy of India who shifted the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911. The decision was announced at the Delhi Durbar to commemorate the coronation of King George V, and the capital was officially relocated in 1931.