- Delhi Durbar of 1911
- In England, a succession occurred in 1910, with King George V ascending to the throne.
- In 1911, King George V paid a visit to India, where a Durbar was held to commemorate King George V and Queen Mary’s coronation.
- The King declared that the capital of India would be moved from Calcutta to Delhi.
- The Partition of Bengal was also declared null and void at the same Darbar.
- The Congress passed a resolution condemning the Darbar’s pomp and show at the expense of poor Indians.
- Delhi Conspiracy Case 1912
- Also known as the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy Case or the Hardinge Bomb Case, occurred in 1912 when members of Yugantar threw a bomb in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk in order to kill Lord Harding.
- This conspiracy was thought to have been hatched by Ras Behari Bose, who then went underground and fled to Japan.
- The Viceroy survived with minor injuries.
- India’s Participation in First World War
- Hardinge wisely dispatched almost all European soldiers available in India, as well as a large number of Indian soldiers, to fight for the British cause in various parts of the world.
- Hindu Mahasabha (1915) by Madan Mohan Malviya was established.
- The Hindu Mahasabha was founded to bring together the various local Hindu movements that had roots in North Indian public life dating back to the previous century.
- Return of Mahatma Gandhi (1915)
- Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa on the insistence of Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the year 1915.
Hardinge’s criticism of the South African government’s Anti-India Immigration Act, as well as his sympathy for Mahatma Gandhi’s passive resistance movement, earned him popular support.