wˌɛn hˈɑːɹdɪndʒ, ðə vˈaɪsɹɔɪ ʌv ˈɪndiə, ɐnˈaʊnst ðə plˈæn tə mˈuːv ðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ ˈɪndiən kˈæpɪɾəl sˈɪɾi tə dˈɛli wʌz ɐlˈɔŋ wɪððə kˌɔːɹənˈeɪʃən dˈɜːbɑːɹ fɔːɹ kˈɪŋ dʒˈɔːɹdʒ vˈiː ænd ðə kwˈiːn mˈɛɹi, wʊd tˈeɪk plˈeɪs ɪn dˈɛli ɪn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ɪlˈɛvən, sˈuːdʒən sˈɪŋ ænd twˈɛnti tˈuːjˈɪɹˈoʊld sˈɑːbhə sˈɪŋ, hˌuː wʌz ðˈɛn ɐ kəntɹˈæktɚ wˈɜːkɪŋ ɔnðə kˈælkəʃˈɪmlɚ ɹˈeɪlɹoʊd, ʃˈɪftᵻd bˈeɪs tə dˈɛli æz bˈɪldɪŋ kəntɹˈæktɚz.
When Hardinge, the Viceroy of India, announced the plan to move the British Indian capital city to Delhi was along with the Coronation Durbar for King George V and the Queen Mary, would take place in Delhi in December 1911, Sujan Singh and 22-year-old Sobha Singh, who was then a contractor working on the Kalka-Shimla railroad, shifted base to Delhi as building contractors.