<P> Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) was the capital of India during the British Raj until December 1911 . Calcutta had become the epicenter of the nationalist movements since the late nineteenth century led to the Partition of Bengal by then Viceroy of British India Lord Curzon . This created massive political and religious upsurge including political assassinations of British officials in Calcutta . The anti-colonial sentiments amongst public leading to complete boycott of British goods forced the colonial government to reunite the Bengal partition and immediate shift of the capital to New Delhi . </P>
<P> Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) was the capital of India during the British Raj until December 1911 . Calcutta had become the epicenter of the nationalist movements since the late nineteenth century led to the Partition of Bengal by then Viceroy of British India Lord Curzon . This created massive political and religious upsurge including political assassinations of British officials in Calcutta . The anti-colonial sentiments amongst public leading to complete boycott of British goods forced the colonial government to reunite the Bengal partition and immediate shift of the capital to New Delhi . </P>
in which year india 's capital shifted from calcutta to delhi
in which year india 's capital shifted from calcutta to delhi
1911
1911