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India · 1911Delhi Durbar of 1911: capital shifts to Delhi, Partition of Bengal annulled

At the Coronation Durbar of 12 December 1911, Britain announced two major decisions: shifting the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi and annulling the 1905 Partition of Bengal. The reunification of Bengal marked a major success for the Swadeshi-era anti-partition agitation, while also causing disquiet among many Muslims who had supported the province of Eastern Bengal and Assam.

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Key figures

King George V — King-Emperor whose Coronation Durbar on 12 December 1911 announced the capital's transfer to Delhi and tLord Hardinge of Penshurst — Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916 during the Durbar, the capital shift, and Bengal's reuniRabindranath Tagore — composer of 'Jana Gana Mana,' first sung at the December 1911 Calcutta Congress session.Bishan Narayan Dhar — President of the 1911 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.Lord Curzon — Viceroy who ordered the 1905 Partition of Bengal that was annulled in 1911.Sorabji Pochkhanawala — founder of the Central Bank of India in 1911, an early venture in indigenous banking.

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