Delhi - Urban Planning, Architecture, History | Britannica
WEBSep 8, 2024 · The city plan of Delhi is a mixture of old and new road patterns. The street network of Old Delhi reflects the defense needs of an earlier era, with a few transverse streets leading from one major gate to another.
New Delhi - Wikipedia
WEBNew Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sansad Bhavan, and the Supreme Court. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and …
New Delhi | History, Population, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB1 day ago · New Delhi, national capital of India. It is situated in the north-central part of the country on the west bank of the Yamuna River, adjacent to and just south of Delhi city (Old Delhi) and within the Delhi national capital territory. Learn more about New …
Architecture of Delhi - Wikipedia
WEBThe architecture of Delhi dates back more than a thousand years. As the capital of several empires of India, including the Rajput kingdom, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, and British Raj, the city of Delhi has been a centre for art and architecture.
Delhi | History, Population, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB3 days ago · The city of Delhi actually consists of two components: Old Delhi, in the north, the historic city; and New Delhi, in the south, since 1947 the capital of India, built in the first part of the 20th century as the capital of British India.
Delhi - Wikipedia
WEBNew Delhi is jointly administered by the federal government of India and the local government of Delhi, and serves as the capital of the nation as well as the NCT of Delhi.
The Evolving Urban Form: Delhi - Newgeography.com
WEB4 days ago · The national capital of India is the city of New Delhi (Note 1), which is a district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is a fully planned national capital that is among the most impressive in the world, with broad expanses of green space not unlike that of Washington, DC.
50 Years of planning and architecture in Delhi: 1912-1962
WEBGuerrieri describes in some detail the designs for a new city – New Delhi – by the British architects Lutyens and Baker, nearby Shahjahanabad but clearly separated from it. New Delhi was to become the grandiose centre of the colony government, an imperial city, but also with a hybrid character.
Geographic Facts About New Delhi, India - ThoughtCo
WEBJan 4, 2018 · Get interesting information and facts about India's capital city, New Delhi -- its history, government, geography, climate and urban structure.
New Delhi | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 23, 2018 · New Delhi was laid out in a geometric pattern over a triangular base formed by Connaught Place (the commercial district), the government complex (housing the two secretariat blocks and the viceroy's palace), and India Gate (that housed the statute of King George V, now removed).
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