Northern India: New Delhi

In 1911, bothered by political troubles in Bengal, the British decided to relocate their capital to Delhi.  George V made the announcement himself while in India that year.  What to call the new city?  "Imperial Delhi" sounded right at first: the viceroy, Lord Hardinge, wrote that the new capital showed "the unfaltering determination to maintain British rule in India." The times were changing, however, and by 1926 the city was officially renamed the very self-effacing "New Delhi." Five years later a mere 15 Indian princes bothered to attend the grand inauguration.