Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Calcutta, capital of British India (1905)
On the Indian independence map as “Calcutta — the capital”
1905 — Second city of the British Empire, seat of the Viceroy, home of the Bengali intelligentsia the Raj educated and now distrusts. The capital will flee this city’s politics for Delhi in 1911.
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- British Raj at its height (chapter 3 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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