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About Delhi : |
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Delhi Introduction : |
On first inpressions, Delhi, with its jam-packed streets, tower blocks and
temples, forts, mosques and colonial mansions, can be disorienting and
fascinating. It certainly takes a while to find your feet, as you attempt to
weave a path through buses, trucks, nuppy modern cars, mopeds, rickshaws,
cows, bullock carts, hand-pulled trolleys and the occasional elephant being
ridden along with the flow of traffic.
Delhi becomes more manageable as you start to appreciate that geographically
as well as historically it consist of several distinct cities if anything,
more than the Seven Cities of tradition. The hub of the metropolis is
Central New Delhi, an orderly plan of wide roads lined with sturdy colonial
buildings which was established soon after the imperial capital of British
India moved here in 1911. Many of the city's hotels are here, concentrated
amid the columned facades of Connaught Place, and just north of Old Delhi,
Shah Jahan's seventeenth-century Capital (shajahanabad), lies 2 km or so
further north. This is Delhi at its most intessentially Indian, where the
traditional lifestyle of its predominantly Muslim population has changed
little over two hundred years. A visit to Old Delhi's mighty Red Fort and
Jami Masjid, India's largest mosque combined with the old city's bazaars.
The other five of Delhi's ex-capitals, further south, are today all but
deserted, standing as impressive reminders of long-vanished dynasties. Among
them you will find the towering free-standing column erected by Qutub-ud-din
Aibak, the Qutub Minar and Purana Quila, Humayun's Tomb, and the major
monument of the great Moghul period is Lal Qila, the "Red Fort". in Old
Delhi.
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Delhi Facts and Figures : |
| Area |
1485 sq km |
| Altitute |
216 mts. above sea level |
| Time Zone |
MT/UTC plus five hours 30 minutes |
| Population
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13.8 millions |
| State |
India |
| Language |
Punjabi, Hindi, English |
| STD Code |
011 |
| Weather |
Summer. May and June being hottest month.Temperature as high as 46 degree celcius. |
| Winter. Nov. to Feb. are coldest and dry months Temp. as low as 4 degree celcius. |
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Delhi History : |
Belief has it that Delhi was the capital city of the Kingdom of the Pandavas,
the heoros of the Mahabharata over 3000 years ago. Since the 12th century,
Delhi has seen the rise and fall of seven major powers. The Chauhans took
control in the 12th century and made Delhi the most important Hindu centre
in northern India. When Qutab-ud-din Aibak occupied the city in 1193, he
ushered in six and a half centuries of Muslim rule. The Delhi Sultanate
lasted from 1206 to 1526, despite its inconsistent rule, and was followed by
the mighty Moghuls from 1526 to 1857. The basis of what is today 'Old'
Delhi, including the Red Fort and the Jama Masjid, was built during the
reign of the Moghul emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658).
In 1803, the British captured Delhi and installed a British administrator.
Delhi was not the capital of India at the time, When the British decided to
make Delhi the capital in 1911, they built New Delhi in a grandiose imperial
style, as if the sun would never set on the British Raj.
Only 16 years after the city was inaugurated as the nation's capital, Delhi
was torched during the trauma of Partition. In a matter of weeks it was
transformed from a Muslim-dominated city of less than a million inhabitants
to a largely Hindu city of almost two million. Today, very few city
residents can lay claim to being 'real' Delhi-wallahs, and most of the
population of New Delhi comprises Hindu Punjabi families originally from
Lahore.
Since Independence, Delhi has prospered as the capital of India. In the past
decade, its population has increased by 50%, largely due to rapid economic
expansion and increased job opportunities. The downside of this boom is
increased overcrowding, traffic congestion, housing shortages and pollution.
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Delhi Best Seasons |
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October to March is the best season to visit in Delhi. |
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