New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India.
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37 Facts About New Delhi
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New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administrated by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas.
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Foundation stone of New Delhi was laid by George V during the Delhi Durbar of 1911.
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Old New Delhi had served as the political and financial centre of several empires of ancient India and the New Delhi Sultanate, most notably of the Mughal Empire from 1649 to 1857.
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Large parts of New Delhi were planned by Edwin Lutyens, who first visited Delhi in 1912, and Herbert Baker, both leading 20th-century British architects.
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The city that was later dubbed "Lutyens' New Delhi" was inaugurated in ceremonies beginning on 10 February 1931 by Viceroy Lord Irwin.
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Indeed, the Delhi Town Planning Committee, set up to plan the new imperial capital, with George Swinton as chairman, and John A Brodie and Lutyens as members, submitted reports for both north and south sites.
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The last stumbling block was the Agra-New Delhi railway line that cut right through the site earmarked for the hexagonal All-India War Memorial and Kingsway (Rajpath), which was a problem because the Old New Delhi Railway Station served the entire city at that time.
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In 1966, New Delhi was converted into a union territory and eventually the Chief Commissioner was replaced by a Lieutenant Governor.
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The Constitution Act, 1991 declared the Union Territory of New Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of New Delhi.
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New Delhi and surrounding areas were once a part of the Aravali Range; all that is left of those mountains is the Delhi Ridge, which is called the Lungs of Delhi.
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New Delhi falls under the seismic zone-IV, making it vulnerable to earthquakes.
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Climate of New Delhi is a hot semi-arid climate bordering on a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cwa) with high variation between summer and winter in terms of both temperature and rainfall.
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Analysing real-time vehicle speed data from Uber New Delhi revealed that during the odd-even program, average speeds went up by a statistically significant 5.
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On 5 November 2020, New Delhi recorded its most toxic day in a year, as the concentration of poisonous PM2.
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New Delhi is administered through a municipal government, known as the New Delhi Municipal Council.
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The New Delhi district includes not only the area of the municipality of the same name, but encompasses the Delhi Cantonment and parts of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi area.
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Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi does not release any economic figures specifically for New Delhi but publishes an official economic report on the whole of Delhi annually.
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New Delhi is a cosmopolitan city due to the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural presence of the vast Indian bureaucracy and political system.
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Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi is the location where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated on 30 January 1948.
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New Delhi is home to Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, National Gallery of Modern Art, National Museum of Natural History, National Rail Museum, National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, National Philatelic Museum, Nehru Planetarium, Shankar's International Dolls Museum.
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New Delhi is particularly renowned for its beautifully landscaped gardens that can look quite stunning in spring.
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Indira Gandhi International Airport, situated to the southwest of New Delhi, is the main gateway for the city's domestic and international civilian air traffic.
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New Delhi has the highest number of registered cars compared to any other metropolitan city in India.
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New Delhi is connected by road to the rest of India through National highways:.
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New Delhi is a major junction in the Indian railway network and is the headquarters of the Northern Railway.
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New Delhi Metro is the world's 12th largest metro system in terms of length.
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New Delhi Metro was India's first modern public transportation system, which had revolutionised travel by providing a fast, reliable, safe, and comfortable means of transport.
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The network has now crossed the boundaries of New Delhi to reach Ghaziabad and Noida in Uttar Pradesh, and Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana.
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New Delhi famously resigned from DMRC, taking moral responsibility for a metro bridge collapse which took five lives.
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Much of New Delhi, planned by the leading 20th-century British architect Edwin Lutyens, was laid out to be the central administrative area of the city as a testament to Britain's imperial ambitions.
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New Delhi is structured around two central promenades called the Rajpath and the Janpath.
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New Delhi was interested in bidding for the 2019 Asian Games but was turned down by the government on 2 August 2010 amid allegations of corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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Major sporting venues in New Delhi include the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ambedkar Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Arun Jaitley Stadium, R K Khanna Tennis Complex, Dhyan Chand National Stadium and Siri Fort Sports Complex.
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New Delhi hosted the 7th NAM Summit in 1983, 4th BRICS Summit in 2012, IBSA Summit in 2015, and 5th Global Conference on CyberSpace in 2017.
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