Curzon didn`t want Delhi as India`s capital

If Lord Curzon had his way, Delhi wouldn`t have been India`s capital!

New Delhi: If Lord Curzon had his way, New Delhi wouldn`t have been India`s capital today!

Curzon, who announced the partition of Bengal (of 1905) when he was the viceroy, was quite vocal about the idea of capital shift from Calcutta and even raised his objection to the issue at the House of Lords, says a book "New Delhi: Making of a Capital" by Malvika Singh and Rudrangshu Mukherjee. "Personally I think the removal of the government from Calcutta is much more injurious to the government than it will be to Calcutta," the book, published by Roli, quotes Curzon as saying. He cited the reasons for the transfer thus, "They (the British authorities) desire to escape the somewhat heated atmosphere of Bengal and to say goodbye to the Bengali friends for whom they have just done so much. Bureau Report