13 February - New Delhi officially became the capital of British India

 

New Delhi officially became the capital of British India on  13 February 1931. The foundation stone of the city was laid on 15 December 1911, by King George V during his visit to India to mark the shift of the capital from Calcutta (Kolkata) to Delhi. However, the actual inauguration and the official naming of the new capital as "New Delhi" took place on 13 February 1931. The city was designed by British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker, and it eventually became the seat of the Government of India when the Viceroy moved from the old Calcutta capital to New Delhi.