During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

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During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

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History

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0,26,12,5,26,3,4

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During Lord Harding`s Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. Lord Canning (option 1) served as the first Viceroy of India, but he did not oversee the relocation of the capital. Lord Lytton (option 3) was the Viceroy after Lord Canning, but he also did not play a role in the capital shift. Lord Clive (option 4) was a significant figure in British India, but he was not a Viceroy and did not have any involvement in moving the capital. Therefore, the correct answer is option 2, Lord Harding. It was under his rule that the decision was made to transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi.